Tuesday, November 02, 2004
Reports from the Field: Pittsburg
Guffaw..
(via Pittsburg Post-Gazette)
More importantly:
Oh, just to pass along a suggestion I saw over at Atrios: If you're up towards the front of a line and see elderly folks arrive, give them your spot, then cheerfully go to the back of the line (this will shut up any complaints about queue-jumping). This would be a fun project for anybody who has already voted but has the day off and no other GOTV project lined up.
(via Pittsburg Post-Gazette)
And one man from Squirrel Hill called the Post-Gazette this morning to report he had been called by a man trying to imitate former President Bill Clinton and urging him to vote, not today but tomorrow.Silly person, you can't imitate the Big Dog!
More importantly:
Lines formed before the polls opened at 7 a.m., and voters reported lines continued well after that, even at polling places that don't usually have long waits.Joe Trippi was just on MSNBC saying lines were long everywhere but that they're moving fast, so wait times are not as long as feared. So No Retreat...No Surrender...and No Excuses!
At John McMillan Presbyterian Church in Bethel Park, for instance, voters reported waits of 25 to 35 minutes, which they said was unprecedented in recent years.
In the Newlonsburg area of Murrysville, the wait was up to 90 minutes.
At John Minadeo Elementary School in Squirrel Hill, a line stretched out the door and down Lilac Street.
About 200 voters had shown up in West Mifflin's 18th district by 10 a.m., and poll worker said sometimes they don't get that many all day.
Oh, just to pass along a suggestion I saw over at Atrios: If you're up towards the front of a line and see elderly folks arrive, give them your spot, then cheerfully go to the back of the line (this will shut up any complaints about queue-jumping). This would be a fun project for anybody who has already voted but has the day off and no other GOTV project lined up.