Election May Continue To Almost December

[BG45]

[b] [url="http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/11/02/nys-board-of-elections-its-possible-voting-may-be-permitted-beyond-tuesday/"]NYS Board Of Elections: It’s Possible Voting May Be Permitted Beyond Tuesday[/url][/b]

[b] [url="http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/11/02/nys-board-of-elections-its-possible-voting-may-be-permitted-beyond-tuesday/"]If Turnout Is Less Than 25% Of Registered Voters, Second Day Could Happen[/url][/b]

[quote]ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) — New York state law allows for an extra day of voting if turnout is drastically suppressed because of a natural disaster like Superstorm Sandy. That could potentially postpone state, congressional and even presidential election results beyond Tuesday’s Election Day.

State Board of Elections spokesman John Conklin confirmed Friday that the law permits election commissioners to create a second day of voting if the turnout in any county is less than 25 percent of the total number of registered voters.

The commissioners, two Democrats and two Republicans, would make that decision after Election Day. [b]Any second day would have to be scheduled within[u] 20 days[/u].[/b]

[b]Something like this has never happened before, but due to the extraordinary circumstances currently hitting New York, it could.[/b]

Officials were checking polling sites Friday to make sure they can open Tuesday.

Typical turnout is about 60 percent in most areas.

With every state along Sandy’s destructive path using electronic voting machines, election officials were pressing local electric companies to make restoring power a priority to places that were to serve as polling places.

“We’ve provided lists of poll sites to local utilities, and some of the voting machines do have battery backup,” New York State Board of Elections spokesman Tom Connolly said. “We are also planning to get generators to polling sites, but it’s not like we have an unlimited supply of generators.”

Elected leaders across the states affected by Sandy were taking different approaches to the impending vote tallies.

In hard-hit New York City, Mayor Michael Bloomberg referred all voting-related questions to the city Board of Elections. But he said recovery crews were working hard to restore electricity to schools, many of which serve as polling places. Voting should proceed smoothly in those places, he said.
“There are some where there were transformers in the basement that were damaged — the Board of Elections will have to find alternative locations,” Bloomberg said at a news conference.

Elections spokeswoman Valerie Vazquez said officials were determining the condition of polling places around the five New York boroughs even as the storm stripped power from the agency’s headquarters, forcing workers into temporary office space.

“Our trucks are loaded and ready for delivery of all voting materials and equipment once we know that sites have not been damaged,” Vazquez said. Elections officials, she said, “will be working around the clock and through the weekend to make sure that all voting sites receive everything they need to be up and running on Election Day.”

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Unlikely, but just the thought of this continuing for almost another full month is horrifying.

[kujo]

Surely dUst will be spent after all these "debates" he's been forced to have on here.

[dUSt]

[quote name='kujo' timestamp='1352050350' post='2503901']
Surely dUst will be spent after all these "debates" he's been forced to have on here.
[/quote]
If more of you people would send me beer none of this would have happened.

[Nihil Obstat]

[quote name='dUSt' timestamp='1352050550' post='2503904']
If more of you people would send me beer none of this would have happened.
[/quote]
If I send you a beer will you stop talking about politics?

[dUSt]

[quote name='Nihil Obstat' timestamp='1352052551' post='2503932']
If I send you a beer will you stop talking about politics?
[/quote]
Yes.

[Nihil Obstat]

[quote name='dUSt' timestamp='1352052743' post='2503937']
Yes.
[/quote]
For how long?

[havok579257]

for as long as the beer lasts. so you need to keep it flowing indefinetly

[dUSt]

[quote name='havok579257' timestamp='1352052898' post='2503946']
for as long as the beer lasts. so you need to keep it flowing indefinetly
[/quote]
This.

I only drink one beer a day, so a 6-pack will mean almost a week of no political talk.

[Nihil Obstat]

That is expensive bribery. I need beer too, you know.

[Ed Normile]

[quote name='Nihil Obstat' timestamp='1352053113' post='2503950']
That is expensive bribery. I need beer too, you know.
[/quote]


I thought Canadians were immune to beer, eh ?


ed

[Ed Normile]

Of course if Obama loses he could pull an Al Gore and whine about it requiring many recounts hoping that an Al Franken might occur, its not as if he worries about spending the taxpayers monies at all.

Or, we could have a situation where the bums of Occupy start civil unrest hoping to destroy the nation by creating a state of anarchy....


ed

[missionseeker]

Occupy doesn't want anarchy. Occupy wants redistribution of wealth.

[eagle_eye222001]

Interesting BG45.

Part of me is concerned that they will abuse this in case the democrats need more votes. I am quite hesitant to extend voting hours or days for this reason.

However, I am not sure if I would be for only allowing the set time and nothing else, no matter what.

As long as the integrity of the process is upheld. Their rules on this seem to reflect that. So I suppose I really don't have a good argument to not extend the voting opportunity by days or have another voting day.

Def. with you on this being over.

[Nihil Obstat]

[quote name='Ed Normile' timestamp='1352053717' post='2503957']


I thought Canadians were immune to beer, eh ?


ed
[/quote]

Immune to its effects perhaps, but never to its enchanting flavour.

[MIKolbe]

[quote name='dUSt' timestamp='1352050550' post='2503904']
If more of you people would send me beer none of this would have happened.
[/quote]
so you've actually been sober in all those posts?

[BG45]

Eagle Eye, I agree with it being a chance for abuse too. Though I think NY was already firmly in the Obama column. A friend had a horrible, yet somewhat funny idea about if voter turnout was low enough for them to make another day at a later time. He said the campaigns would have the following reaction in how much to spend in NY until their second election, "SPEND ALL THE MONIES!!!"

[Ed Normile]

[quote name='MIkolbe' timestamp='1352065306' post='2504056']
so you've actually been sober in all those posts?
[/quote]

Canadians are slighty mentally deficient due to the effect of the 9 1/2 months of freezing and the toll it takes on them by freezing brain cells, so sober is a relative term to Canadians...


ed

[MissyP89]

But then there's also a second issue: even if there is power at the polling places, gas rationing in NY/NJ is causing serious problems for those attempting to drive there...

It's a terrible mess. I'm ready for it to be done.

[Anomaly]

Actually, this is where the Electoral College is great. Fewer votes in NY and NJ due to weather disruption is just fewer votes but ALL the electoral votes that represent the majority in the state will still be counted.

[cmotherofpirl]

[quote name='MissyP89' timestamp='1352069778' post='2504139']
But then there's also a second issue: even if there is power at the polling places, gas rationing in NY/NJ is causing serious problems for those attempting to drive there...

It's a terrible mess. I'm ready for it to be done.
[/quote]

My son was driving to DC tonight and he said he saw miles of gas convoys heading your way.