[lbo-talk] turnout

[Mark Bennett]

I just finished voting in San Diego.  I had to go to the County Registrar
because I moved during the year and hadn't re-registered.  It took three and
half hours to get through the line.  As with Doug, a poll worker told me
that she hadn't seen anything like it in 40 years.  A Rumor going around had
the Registrar estimating a 75-80% turnout in San Diego County, which can't
possibly right, but that's the rumor.  Prop 8 in California has really
pumped up the turnout, but not THAT much.

On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 8:13 AM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:


> Just voted. What a scene. The neighborhood, Clinton Hill in Brooklyn, is
> about 70-80% black, and the lines were around the corner - over an hour's
> wait at 10 AM. One poll worker said that she's been doing it for 40 years
> and has never seen anything remotely like it. Didn't see anyone give up,
> either. It looks like every black person in the USA is going to vote. Except
> it's pretty much the same in white neighborhoods, isn't it?
>
> Doug
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