Slog - Comments on Overwhelmed http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed So... the passes are closed, which means we're not going snowboarding. So... I guess the boyfriend and I will go caucus instead--and cancel other out. So... I go over to www.wa-democrats.org, and click on their caucus finder, where I find this message: Due to extreme traffic volume, our caucus lookup tool may operate slowly, please try back at a later time if you are having difficulty. The caucus tool isn't working at all--and it wasn't working last night either. I'll check back later but I can't imagine traffic volume is going to lessen as 1 PM approaches. So... I live... Copyright 2008 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 08:40:14 -0800 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 11:09:36 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Shawn Fassett http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/walookup

]]> Shawn Fassett http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c931955 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c931955 2008 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 08:46:21 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV There's a couple different addresses.

Yours, I think, is on 15th Street.

Terry's is in Yakima. On Sunday.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c931958 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c931958 2008 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 08:49:36 -0800 Comment by Geoffrey King Mine happens to be some Baptist church at 1634 19th Ave, which seemed to be the listed location for a lot of precincts. You could try just showing up there :)

]]> Geoffrey King http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c931960 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c931960 2008 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 08:53:03 -0800 Comment by Steve Yep, just go to @1 link to the B Obama site. They will tell you where to go.

]]> Steve http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c931961 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c931961 2008 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 08:55:19 -0800 Comment by Pd Why does the Barack site seem like you're signing up for their mailing list?

Try this one. No personal info needed. And quick!

http://www.46dems.com/2008/caucuslocationsmap2.php

]]> Pd http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c931963 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c931963 2008 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 08:55:40 -0800 Comment by Geoffrey King If the Baptist church doesn't work out, I know a coworker's caucus location is at Victrola, so you could try that. Or at least end up with a tasty beverage. Of course, I have no idea where you live, so these are both just shots in the dark ...

]]> Geoffrey King http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c931966 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c931966 2008 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 08:56:56 -0800 Comment by elrider The Dem's caucus finder just worked for me. A little slow, but no more than a couple of minutes.

]]> elrider http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c931967 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c931967 2008 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 09:00:58 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV Pd's link is much superior. The Barack Obama one couldn't figure (my address, at least) out, and just gives you the headquarters number to call.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c931968 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c931968 2008 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 09:01:11 -0800 Comment by david Web 2.0 to the rescue:

http://41dems.org/gmap/caucus.html

]]> david http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c931969 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c931969 2008 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 09:02:12 -0800 Comment by katrat Hey what the heck is NY Times thinking running a front page story on obama's drug use and how it was no big deal? Did they get bought out by Rupert Murdoch? Okay, so this isn't related to this thread...but I'm appalled!

]]> katrat http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c931970 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c931970 2008 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 09:04:33 -0800 Comment by Juan If you're already registered, try
https://www.metrokc.gov/elections/pollingplace/voterlookup.aspx

]]> Juan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c931971 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c931971 2008 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 09:05:50 -0800 Comment by Graham Dan, you can also try http://www.kcdems.net or http://www.wa-democrats.org or just call the Obama office and they can help you.

PS: Your boyfriend and yourself won't necessarily cancel each other out, because either one of you could end up being that crucial extra person to sway one delegate toward a certain candidate. The way things are calculated it's all about proportion per precinct and not about the overall numbers.

]]> Graham http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c931972 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c931972 2008 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 09:08:09 -0800 Comment by codybolt Dan, I live on 10th and aloha my site is lowes elementry. Hope that helps. Go obama!

]]> codybolt http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c931974 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c931974 2008 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 09:08:55 -0800 Comment by watcher It was working off and on last night, keep trying.

]]> watcher http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c931975 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c931975 2008 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 09:08:57 -0800 Comment by Juan And if you're at the corner of 15th and Aloha, you are most likely in 43-2018 which means you're at Lowell Elementary:
1058 E Mercer St., Seattle, WA 98102

There's a precinct map at: http://www.metrokc.gov/elections/gis/maps/leg/leg43.pdf

]]> Juan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c931976 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c931976 2008 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 09:10:10 -0800 Comment by josh http://www.46dems.com/2008/caucuslocationsmap2.php

(via dylan at metblogs)

]]> josh http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c931977 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c931977 2008 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 09:11:58 -0800 Comment by Michael J Swassing The page for Washington Democrats also has a link to the party sites for the counties. My county website has information, King County may have higher volume than the servers are adjusted for.

In the last few days the Obama campaign has had serious problems with getting accurate information to the rank and file.

]]> Michael J Swassing http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c931978 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c931978 2008 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 09:13:21 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV Not to add to the confusion (really!) but the King County Dems have an excel spreadsheet, based on precinct location, that is totally contrary to what the google finders say.

I tend not to believe it--it puts my caucus location at Prospect Church, several miles out of the way.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c931979 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c931979 2008 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 09:14:56 -0800 Comment by Anthony Hecht The Obama site says I should go to Seattle Central.

The 41dems site says I should go to Mt. Zion Baptist.

The King County site says I should go to Meany Middle School (though this is my "polling place" not my caucus location, which I don't think the County has anything to do with.)

And, after 10 minutes, the WA Democrats site also says I should go to Seattle Central.

The Seattle Central's have it! Yay Democracy!

]]> Anthony Hecht http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c931981 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c931981 2008 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 09:22:42 -0800 Comment by annie I already looked Dan up. He's at Stevens.

]]> annie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c931982 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c931982 2008 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 09:23:54 -0800 Comment by tomasyalba I actually loved the NYTimes article on Obama's drug use; seems similar to, oh, everyone I respect: light social use tailing off to Nicorette. Confirmed my decision to caucus for him.

]]> tomasyalba http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c931983 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c931983 2008 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 09:24:51 -0800 Comment by ratcityreprobate Katrat @ 10
I'm afraid we better get used to it. Washington Post says Marion Barry to endorse Obama. That isn't going to help either. Once the Rove machine gets cranked up it will be hard to keep our heads above the shit, and that is regardless of which candidate gets the Dem nomination.

]]> ratcityreprobate http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c931984 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c931984 2008 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 09:28:18 -0800 Comment by Country Mouse What happened to the lovely home on Vashon Island?

]]> Country Mouse http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c931985 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c931985 2008 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 09:32:00 -0800 Comment by collie Voter suppression of the youth vote by The Machine?

]]> collie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c931988 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c931988 2008 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 09:34:37 -0800 Comment by Fnarf According to the 46th Dems map, Dan is at Lowell Elementary, Mercer and Federal (W of 11th). That depends on how close to 15th and Aloha he really is; precinct SEA 43-2018 extends a block north, east, and west, several blocks south. If he's really to the north of Prospect, he's in 2009, and caucuses at the Asian Art Museum. If he's to the east of 16th on Aloha, he's in 2021, and caucuses at Stevens Elementary, at 1242 18th, as Annie says (which seems likely, as she presumably has the real address).

41st Dems have old data, apparently.

Maybe the massive amount of negative attention this is attracting will help persuade the Dem politburo to fix this broken system.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c931992 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c931992 2008 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 09:37:40 -0800 Comment by boarderalert Chrystal is open

]]> boarderalert http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c931993 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c931993 2008 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 09:40:40 -0800 Comment by Megan W @10 & 21
What I thought was strange about the article was that it seemed to imply that Obama was lying and in fact used a lot less drugs than he claimed!

]]> Megan W http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c931994 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c931994 2008 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 09:44:37 -0800 Comment by some dude caaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalled it.

]]> some dude http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c931998 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c931998 2008 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 09:51:12 -0800 Comment by Emma You can also go to this site: http://wa-demchairs.org/blog/

It's a lot easier, and you can put in an address and get a google map

]]> Emma http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c932001 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c932001 2008 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 09:58:58 -0800 Comment by Gitai Dan, you don't necessarily cancel each other out. The math is complex, and there's a cutoff based on turnout and the number of delegates being sent. It may be that the arrival of both of you will make the numbers such that HRC ends up being non-viable in your precinct.

Wouldn't that be sweet irony?

]]> Gitai http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c932014 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c932014 2008 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 10:18:20 -0800 Comment by john @27 - i thought that too!

that article was complete schizophrenic. it was like first they did the research to see how many drugs he did, but then realized he hadn't done all _that_ many, so now they're saying he played it up for drama, which means he wasn't a delinquent then - he's a disingenuous shill. also it wasn't too hard to see that the writer thought obama's move from oxy to columbia was motivated much more by opportunism than anything else. the times's reporting on obama has been very suspect.

]]> john http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c932020 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c932020 2008 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 10:35:53 -0800 Comment by Stephanie Dan,

Do you know your precinct number? It should be on your voter registration card. Take that number and look it up here:

http://www.43rddems.org/Documents/Locations.xls

Easy.

Unfortunately, "15th and Aloha" too vague because precincts are so tiny, but I can see why you might not want to put your address on SLOG :)


]]> Stephanie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c932035 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c932035 2008 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 11:00:07 -0800 Comment by crk on bellevue ave You are signing up for a mailing list on their site. I RSVP'd for their thing at the Key Arena yesterday and today I've got some campaign email. Too bad the RSVP didn't get me in the door :-)

]]> crk on bellevue ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c932043 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c932043 2008 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 11:07:03 -0800 Comment by M I'm imagining the Dan & Boyfriend Debates being oddly similar to what a Hilary-McCain debate would be like:

Dan/Hilary: "We need a candidate that will get us out of this Iraq mess!"

Boyfriend/McCain: "Excuse me, but didn't YOU support this war?"

]]> M http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c932044 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/overwhelmed#c932044 2008 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 11:09:36 -0800