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Jersey Devil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 01:40 PM
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Turnout numbers from Boston
Voters flooded the polls to cast ballots in the unexpectedly close election to succeed the late Edward M. Kennedy in the US Senate.

Light snow has not discouraged heavy traffic at polling places as more than 55,000 people cast ballots by noon in Boston, an early turnout more than double that of the primary last month. Other cities and towns experienced similar waves of voters. Lines formed at a polling place in Somerville, and traffic backed up out Bates Elementary School in Wellesley, with cars spilling onto Elmwood Road. In two Quincy precincts at the Lodge of Elks, nearly 1,000 people -- or about 25 percent of voters -- cast ballots by 1 p.m.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2010/01/polls_open_in_s_1.html

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WeDidIt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 01:41 PM
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1. Not good enough
Start calling, DUers, we need more voters out there!
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 01:47 PM
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2. Here's what we can all do RIGHT NOW
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 01:49 PM
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3. Thanks Ian!!
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Nothing Without Hope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 02:05 PM
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4. leaving shortly to cast my vote for Coakley
I'm not happy to have to vote for her - she's clearly been the Dem machine candidate all along (hence the robo-calls from Bill Clinton the night before the primary) - but what sane person would vote for Brown?
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