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tyedyeto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-04-08 10:48 AM
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I was asked for party affiliation this morning when I voted
I can never remember being asked that at the General Election. I asked why and the kind lady at the table did not know the answer. So, I declined to state my party affiliation, since in a General Election that should be none of their damned business.
I was given a ballot with a red stripe in the top right corner of the ballot. There were 4 different piles of ballots on that table. After, I thought, maybe to track how many party crossover votes there are. Then, I thought, maybe I should have answered Rethug, voted Democratic and I would have been one of those crossover votes.
Make sense?
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jillan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-04-08 10:54 AM
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1. You should report that to 1877azvotes.
They should not ask that.
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amb123 Donating Member (764 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-04-08 11:32 AM
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2. Only during the Primary Election
should you be asked for your Party affiliation, not the General Election. And there should only be one ballot. Provisional Ballots are regular ballots placed in a manila envelope with a form attached. Indeed something funny is going on here.
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StarryNite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-04-08 05:51 PM
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3. That doesn't sound right
at all! 4 different piles of ballots? Something hinky about that.
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NoodleBoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 11:17 AM
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4. she just might have been used to it after asking twice this year
first for the presidential primary, then the AZ primary.
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ThoughtCriminal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-07-08 01:48 PM
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5. My guess
is that she went to the training for the primary but skipped the session for the general election. There are three type of ballots on election day - regular, provisional and conditional. I'm pretty sure that early ballots are the same as the regular ballots.

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