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Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Some Voting Advice From Neighborhood Networks

Neighborhood Networks, a local group that describes itself as "a culturally and racially diverse organization of Philadelphians dedicated to advancing social equality, economic justice and resource stewardship by influencing political decision-making from a grassroots level," is offering a little advice on how to vote today.  Gloria Gilman, the group's chairwoman, circulated this email yesterday:

The following alert is issued after confirmation of the problem with The Committee of Seventy:

If you first push the Obama button and then push the straight democratic button, you will cancel out your vote for Obama on the voting machines used in Philly. This is because it will be as if you had pushed the Obama button twice: the first time selecting him and the second time unselecting him. If you want to vote the straight dem ticket, then just push that button and it will include Obama. If you want to select Obama individually then you need to select all of your candidates individually. Please tell all of your friends and neighbors. 

Gloria M. Gilman, Esq.

Posted by Chris Brennan @ 10:09 AM  Permalink | 4 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 11:44 AM, 11/04/2008
    I am pretty sure that is incorrect, and should be taken down. The opposite is true, that if you click D then Obama, you will unclick him. But, the above is just not true.
    — Dan U-A
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:09 PM, 11/04/2008
    I usually vote for the Republicans in local city races unless I actually like the Democrat, so I voted for whatever Republican was running against Fattah. Rosita Youngblood was unopposed... I wish the Republican party would spin off the nativist wingnuts and bigots so we could go back to having two actual parties in the cities... one-party rule for more than a few terms is unhealthy.
    — dartvader
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 2:24 PM, 11/04/2008
    No. This is true. The machines work on a on/off sensor for each selection. Click once - on, click twice - off, click thrice - on again. Simple solution: make sure the correct candidate's lights are illuminated before hitting the VOTE button.
    — BNA-PHL


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