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Voting Report
Not too many people at the Henderson school on Dot Ave when I went to vote at 7:45. I was one of three people voting. There were a lot more voters present last fall for Andrea Campbell v Charles Yancey.
Busy at Jackson-Mann
There was no line, but a steady stream of activity at the Jackson-Mann School at 7:20 this morning. I was voter #10 for my precinct, which is actually quite impressive - the turnout is usually pathetic, but this was a decent start.
I can't wait to vote.
I'm voting for president Camacho.
No line in central
I was at the salvation army on mass ave at 7:15 and there was only a handful of people. I would love to see a line...what will it take to get more than 60% of people out there, regardless of who they vote for?
Realistically
Probably weekend voting. I've heard a lot of people say they'd vote if there were weekend voting.
I've also heard people mention the quality of the candidates as a reason for not getting involved.
The day of the week doesn't matter
Ireland just had an election, with one month's warning and voting on a Friday. They got 65% turnout.
I cannot say the candidates helped, since it is looing like a minority government.
If people really cared, they would vote regardless of the day of the week.
culture matters
culture matters. My sister used to work for an Irish company, and it was like apples & oranges compared to american employers she worked for.
with one month's warning
Perhaps that's the key - limit the 'pre-election' campaigning and hype so people don't get burned out. I'm sure the fact that ALL the people vote on the same day helps with the high turnout (none of this 'one state at a time spread out over six months' idiocy).
However, more campaigning before date set
It's a parliamentary system, so Gerry Adams has been a candidate for decades, and the party leadership has been set for a few years. The key difference is that candidates do not actually ask for your vote until the date of the election has been set.
Of course, judging for living vicariously New Hampshire politics, I could see where burnout could be an issue. Just think how negative the campaigns will be with Clinton and Trump as the standard bearers.
Vote
I was the lone voter at St.Marks in Dorchester, but it was early.
Voted in North Quincy at 8:15
My precinct is super small and usually I'm the only one in the polling place. Today there were five, count 'em, FIVE voters when I was there.
I'm Unenrolled but even so the volunteer usually tries to hand me a Democrat ballot. Today she held out a Republican one without even asking me which one I wanted. She said almost no one was voting Democrat.
Hosmer School in Watertown
Hosmer School in Watertown was pretty busy at 7:30 this morning, although that was partly due to a traffic pileup at the exit caused by a broken ballot-eating machine. (Apparently there's a secret hatch built into the side that a policeman unlocks when that happens! So I'm sure my trip was probably not wasted.) But probably 10 people came in to vote while another 10 of us stood around waiting for the box to get sorted out.
Very quiet in Arlington Heights
I guess people will be coming in after work.
Came across this story, now
Came across this story, now this would be a candidate :
Cheers to Tulsi Gabbard for standing up to the Clinton machine:
'' A rising Democratic star — first Samoan-American member of Congress, one of the first female combat veterans to win a House seat — Gabbard just quit as vice chair of the Democratic National Committee so she could endorse Bernie Sanders.''
Look who showed up in West Roxbury today
At Holy Name, of course.
I was there for this and it was really cool
I had no idea it was happening - He spent a lot of time shaking hands outside.
Meant to mention
I was voter # 202 at about 10am
Quiet on the other side of W. Roxbury
It was pretty quiet at the Beethoven around 10:00 - 107 people had voted in my precinct.
No campaign workers, no signs, no presidents.
What's really sad
is that at one point in time, I would have said "oh cool!" Now I'm like...ughhhh.
I'd still love a chat with
I'd still love a chat with Clinton. I think he is one of those rare people that make a good politician and he's very personable.
Personable indeed....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton_sexual_misconduct_allegations
I've always heard this too.
Friends who have met him said across the board that he has an almost magical ability to make you feel as if you're the only person in the room.
Hop he remembered to put
Hope he remembered to put something in the Poor box.
Huh
So much for not electioneering within 150 feet of the polls
I didn't go to Holy Name this year ...
But in years past, I often see Matt right in front of the door and he'll grin and say something about how I caught him again. In fairness to him, though, they all do it, including, obviously, former presidents.
At least at the Conley School in Roslindale, which is normally a quiet little place that few visit, somebody must've actually complained because last election, the palm-card palmers were actually well away from the entrance.
It's not an excuse
That's as bad as a certain person saying she'll release her transcripts " when they ALL do".
Election law should be sacred
I'm concerned about a general practice of violating election law.
Yeah!
Exactly.. took the words right out of my mouth!
Memories
In 1979 Channel 7 hired me as a temp to interview voters as they came out of the Holy Name and call in the news room every so often. Every pol in town showed up to work the lines. They saw my media badge and thought I was a reporter. I got schmoozed by every old white guy imaginable. Mayor White's uncle showed up and yelled at me that the press was something something whargarble.
A fair percentage of the voters told me that they were forbidden to tell me how they had voted because it was a secret ballot. (Facepalm before it was fashionable.)
Why did Marty
Bring Clinton to Holy Name and not to one of our illustrious Boston Public schools? Many in the city offer voting locations and would give Clinton a better idea of what the city is really like. Excuse my ignorance....I thought politicians actually cared about those things.
You really don't know?
Here goes: Holy Name is to elections as Plum Island is to blizzards: It's flooded (with voters) and it's where all the news crews go.
Sorry, it was sarcasm.
Sorry, it was sarcasm.
Quiet but not dead in Eastie,
Quiet but not dead in Eastie, usually we have 2 of those little quad-" booths" and 2 people with check-in books; half that today, so there was a line 3-4 deep at 7:30am plus the people using the booth.
I did get the dubious pleasure of having the entire process explained to me very primly by a lady of a certain age. No, I was momentarily confused because you can usually check in at either side of the table, not because this is the first time I've ever voted.
Can't wait for this primary to end one way or another - I'm sick to my back teeth of being condescended to. Only retired boomers can possibly have an opinion on anything, apparently.