Casting Your Vote, cont.

So what does our little precinct tour mean? In terms of drawing conclusions, nothing. It wasn’t scientific, it wasn’t random, it wasn’t even planned. We’re pretty certain about the number of machines available but we could have easily missed some of the poll workers. Our observations prove nothing.
It does mean that somewhere someone should have […]

My election day experience

Yesterday, I was just too shell-shocked to post about this. I will talk a little bit about that in a while but right now–election day. I got to my polling place around 10:30. There were 6 machines and 4 workers, two behind desks, one in the line and one setting up machines. There was quite […]

Bexar County Election Results

Bexar County Results
Media Report Bexar County,Tx
Joint,General, Special & Bond
November 7,2006
Run Date:11/08/06 12:54 AM
Early Election
PRECINCTS COUNTED […]

Bexar County Voting links

All the important voter links for today.
Bexar County Elections
Sample Ballot
Bexar County Voters Guide
If you aren’t in Bexar County you should be able to find the same links through this link.
Online Voter Central
Click on either polling place or ballot on the left hand side. You will need to enter your drivers liscence number and birthdate to […]

Vote tomorrow!

What you can do if you have trouble voting on Tuesday | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle:
Election Day is also the deadline for nearly all reforms mandated by the Help America Vote Act, the sweeping overhaul of the nation’s doddering and antiquated voting machinery that was enacted after the ballot breakdown of 2000.Some voter groups predict […]

Politics of Fear

Cheney: Democratic victory would embolden militants - washingtonpost.com:
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) - Vice President Dick Cheney, campaigning for Republicans four days before congressional elections, said on Friday that victories for Democratic critics of the Iraq war would tell militants that “their strategy is working.” Polls show Democrats may be poised to take control of […]

Why?

Dallas Morning News 36% expected to vote
Saturday, November 4, 2006 Texas Secretary of State Roger Williams predicted Friday that 36 percent of the registered voters statewide will cast ballots in Tuesday’s general election. That would be the same as four years ago. The projection is based on early voting totals, which have been […]

More Voting Information

List of State and District Candidates for the November 2006 General Election:
County Early Voting Locations Early Voting in person begins on October 23, 2006 and continues through November 3, 2006. Click on the name of your county to view early voting locations.

2006 General Election - Candidates Side by Side:
2006 General Election - Candidates […]

Non-update on Agosto and Cunningham

Well, here we are two weeks and a day after I sent letters to Rick Agosto and Tony Cunningham and I still have no response. So here is a little more I have found about Rick Agosto.
MySA.com: Metro | State:
Board of education candidate Rick Agosto, a San Antonio Democrat and businessman, has filed to […]

Glass is half-full for the libertarian candidate

MySA.com: Politics
Seventy-eight percent of the voters said they were unfamiliar with Werner.
“Let’s look at the up side,” Werner said. “Nearly one-quarter of Texans have sufficient familiarity with the Libertarian candidate for governor to have formed an opinion about him. If that’s the case, we’re certainly moving in the right direction.”
I gotta say, I just loved […]