Madison has 119% turnout? What?

Damocles said:
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2...n-city-clerk-turnout-is-on-pace-to-reach-119/

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/06/05/report-voter-turnout-119-percent-in-madison

(Story is on both sites)...

Apparently, democrats are shrugging it off and saying it means people are registering at the polls, however in order to get to that number every voter would pretty much have to turn out to vote....

Sounds a bit fishy to me.
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In Alaska you can vote outside your precinct, it is considered a contested vote and has to be hand countedd and checked against the register in your precinct to make sure you have not duplicated your vote, so it is possible for a distrct to have a higher voting percentage, but I have never seen one that high.
 
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Rana said:
In Alaska you can vote outside your precinct, it is considered a contested vote and has to be hand outed and checked against the register in your precinct to make sure you have not duplicated your vote, so it is possible for a distrct to have a higher voting percentage, but I have never seen one that high.
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Yup. And you don't get to vote in any local elections if you do this... We call them "Provisional" votes. And no, we've never had one quite that high, especially in a large population center. It really seems fishy.
 
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In Wisconsin.
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I would still find the 119% turnout in Madison fishy even if it turns out "like I want it to"...

What about you? If it turns out the way you want it to will you think it smells a bit when precincts in a population center report nearly 20% more than their registered voters as having voted?
 
Rana said:
In Alaska you can vote outside your precinct, it is considered a contested vote and has to be hand countedd and checked against the register in your precinct to make sure you have not duplicated your vote, so it is possible for a distrct to have a higher voting percentage, but I have never seen one that high.
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Wonder who this was intended to help?</sarcasm>
This is the kind of election fraud we need to worry about, not that stupid photo ID conspiracy theory.

(CBS News) As voters head to the polls Tuesday to decide the fate of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, reports out of the state suggest that robocalls are being placed informing voters, falsely, they don't have to vote if they signed the recall petition.

There have also been reports of mailings going out to voters telling them they can't vote unless they did so in 2010, and of people going door-to-door telling voters they don't have to go to the polls if they signed the recall petition, both of which are also untrue...


Barrett's campaign sent out a fundraising email on Monday alerting supporters to the alleged robocalls. On Tuesday, Barrett press secretary Melanie Conklin said the campaign was "very concerned" about efforts to suppress Democratic turnout.

"We are very concerned about voter suppression. We have had many, many reports of this. In Kenosha County, Minority Leader Peter Barca told us someone reported it to his county clerk," Conklin told CBS News.
Conklin said the campaign had not yet been able to track down a copy of the recording, but that there were also mailings going out telling voters that unless they voted in 2010 they cannot vote now.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_...pression-efforts/?tag=contentMain;contentBody
 
Damocles said:
I would still find the 119% turnout in Madison fishy even if it turns out "like I want it to"...

What about you? If it turns out the way you want it to will you think it smells a bit when precincts in a population center report nearly 20% more than their registered voters as having voted?
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\\\legion/// only cares when libs might lose
 
Damocles said:
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2...n-city-clerk-turnout-is-on-pace-to-reach-119/

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/06/05/report-voter-turnout-119-percent-in-madison

(Story is on both sites)...

Apparently, democrats are shrugging it off and saying it means people are registering at the polls, however in order to get to that number every voter would pretty much have to turn out to vote....

Sounds a bit fishy to me.
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they must figure 100% turnout like they figure "full" employment.
 
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