Election week: Blue wave or blue balls? (Politics)

Re: Election week: Blue wave or blue balls? (Politics)

Postby traderdave » Tue Nov 06, 2018 09:51:36

Blatant voter fraud.

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Re: Election week: Blue wave or blue balls? (Politics)

Postby Slowhand » Tue Nov 06, 2018 09:55:25

I did it! I voted! I was a part of it!

There was no line whatsoever.

I hope we win.
How dare you interrupt my Lime Rickey!

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Re: Election week: Blue wave or blue balls? (Politics)

Postby BoonePhillie » Tue Nov 06, 2018 09:55:54

First in line at my polling place so I could vote for Steve King's opponent.
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Re: Election week: Blue wave or blue balls? (Politics)

Postby 06hawkalum » Tue Nov 06, 2018 09:57:50

BoonePhillie wrote:First in line at my polling place so I could vote for Steve King's opponent.


Good man!

I know it is a long shot but seeing that klanner lose would make my month.
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Re: Election week: Blue wave or blue balls? (Politics)

Postby Gimpy » Tue Nov 06, 2018 09:59:19

Any illumination on NJ’s public question? It has bipartisan support, but it seems like people are saying it doesn’t explain where exactly the funds would go and that they could get pulled from schools and used for general purposes. I read a couple of editorials on local papers’ websites, but they aren’t really fact-based.

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Re: Election week: Blue wave or blue balls? (Politics)

Postby JUburton » Tue Nov 06, 2018 10:29:53

I think the most comforting sign over the last few weeks is there has been zero indication of a shift back towards republicans. Maybe there was a slight movement a couple of weeks ago but it has basically completely disappeared. Not like the 2016 election where it was very obviously tightening.

Also https://twitter.com/williamjordann/stat ... 2517348352

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Re: Election week: Blue wave or blue balls? (Politics)

Postby pacino » Tue Nov 06, 2018 10:44:47

Paul LePage announced he's leaving Maine to move to Florida. Amazing.
thephan wrote:pacino's posting is one of the more important things revealed in weeks.

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Re: Election week: Blue wave or blue balls? (Politics)

Postby Grotewold » Tue Nov 06, 2018 10:45:23

The voter roll thing I signed said ID required, but they didn't ask for any. Should of said I was my Republican neighbor and then went back to vote as me tonight.

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Re: Election week: Blue wave or blue balls? (Politics)

Postby CalvinBall » Tue Nov 06, 2018 11:08:23

Poll watching today. Place has about 1900 RVs. We are over 450 votes as of 10 am.

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Re: Election week: Blue wave or blue balls? (Politics)

Postby JUburton » Tue Nov 06, 2018 11:09:33

A friend of mine's friend from high school (Baldwin...the private girls school on the main line) was handing out sample ballots. Shocker, she had the republican ones!

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Re: Election week: Blue wave or blue balls? (Politics)

Postby momadance » Tue Nov 06, 2018 11:09:52

I've never seen my polling place so crowded before.

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Re: Election week: Blue wave or blue balls? (Politics)

Postby traderdave » Tue Nov 06, 2018 11:13:58

Actually, the Securing Our Children's Future Bond Act is pretty explicit about where the money goes:

Bonds of the State of New Jersey are authorized to be issued in the aggregate principal amount of $500,000,000 to be allocated as grants for the costs of projects as follows:

$350 million for career and technical education grants and school security project grants;
$100 million for school water infrastructure grants; and
$50 million for college career and technical education grants.


As to "general purposes", a quick reading of the Act seems to indicate that the funds are pretty locked down to the above purposes. One caveat is that any income earned on the borrowed funds through reinvestment goes into the General Fund not back into the Bond Fund. That seems a little weird but fairly low-key grift for New Jersey.

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Re: Election week: Blue wave or blue balls? (Politics)

Postby momadance » Tue Nov 06, 2018 11:16:47

Gave that question a big, fat no.

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Re: Election week: Blue wave or blue balls? (Politics)

Postby momadance » Tue Nov 06, 2018 11:19:11

Bill McNeal wrote:Got to my polling place at 7:30, I’m still in line. I don’t think I’ve ever waited longer than like 2-3 min to vote before.


Same. I waited about 15 mins. Never had to wait before.

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Re: Election week: Blue wave or blue balls? (Politics)

Postby jerseyhoya » Tue Nov 06, 2018 11:26:29

I am very much looking forward to telling myself all day to ignore the early exit polls and then to wildly overreact to them when they leak

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Re: Election week: Blue wave or blue balls? (Politics)

Postby Phred » Tue Nov 06, 2018 11:43:46

Uncle Milty wrote:Called home. Line was out the door at 7 a.m.


Geez...what's happening at your house?!?
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Re: Election week: Blue wave or blue balls? (Politics)

Postby traderdave » Tue Nov 06, 2018 11:45:59

@JimCarrey
Go Beto! Go Democrats! Vote like there’s no tomorrow. Let’s make this Tuesday like the end of every great vampire movie. Pull back the curtains and let the sunshine turn all those bloodsuckers to dust.
(picture not included)

Known for his razor wit, Troll Cruz had his say:

@tedcruz
Hollywood liberals all in for Beto. But (self-described socialist) Jim Carrey made a mistake here: Vampires are dead, and everyone knows the dead vote Democrat....


But, Carrey finished him with a right hook:

@JimCarrey
Wow...sorry I rattled your chain, @TedCruz. I thought you would have more important things to do two days before an election — like sucking up to the guy who called your wife ugly and accused your dad of murder. But I get it! It’s hard to say no when Trump grabs ya by the pussy!

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Re: Election week: Blue wave or blue balls? (Politics)

Postby momadance » Tue Nov 06, 2018 11:50:21

Phred wrote:
Uncle Milty wrote:Called home. Line was out the door at 7 a.m.


Geez...what's happening at your house?!?


Choo choo!

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Re: Election week: Blue wave or blue balls? (Politics)

Postby 06hawkalum » Tue Nov 06, 2018 11:54:57

momadance wrote:
Phred wrote:
Uncle Milty wrote:Called home. Line was out the door at 7 a.m.


Geez...what's happening at your house?!?


Choo choo!


Oh snap!
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Re: Election week: Blue wave or blue balls? (Politics)

Postby Gimpy » Tue Nov 06, 2018 12:01:33

On my way out, an old guy at the polls asked me to give him a ride in the opposite direction I was going. I would’ve happily done it, but I noticed his “socialism sucks” button and told him I had to get back to work in the opposite direction (which was true, but I wouldn’t have normally let it stop me).

If I wanted to be a complete jerkoff, I would’ve asked if he collects social security and then told him to stop asking for handouts and take some personal responsibility by walking his ass through the rain.

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