Slog - Comments on Your Polling Place http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/your_polling_place Slog tipper Jezbian has made an awesome Google map of all 392 polling places in King County. You can also find your personal polling place at the King County Elections web site, or at the Secretary of State's office. (The KC link appears to be down right now, but you can enter your address on the sample ballot link to the right side of the main elections page. She also wants us to let you know that writing in a candidate is a big ol' waste of your and King County election workers' time. On the other hand, it can... Copyright 2008 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 09:16:40 -0800 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:27:57 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Dave in Chicago Joni Mitchell - is that Nelson's ballot?

]]> Dave in Chicago http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/your_polling_place#c1193375 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/your_polling_place#c1193375 2008 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 09:24:39 -0800 Comment by Greg Writing in a candidate may not change the outcome, but a protest vote is a legitimate form of political expression. Sometimes I write in on races where the incumbent is running unopposed; voting for the only candidate on the ballot feels too much like a Soviet-style one-party "election."

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/your_polling_place#c1193376 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/your_polling_place#c1193376 2008 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 09:24:50 -0800 Comment by kinaidos Your protest write-in only counts as a vote if the person you've written in has registered as a candidate. Unless that's the case it's not a vote at all. It's just scribbling on a ballot.

]]> kinaidos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/your_polling_place#c1193383 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/your_polling_place#c1193383 2008 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 09:27:19 -0800 Comment by StC I voted Dan Savage and Your Mom for some judicial races, please don't tell me it was in vain. I always write in names for candidates running unopposed.

]]> StC http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/your_polling_place#c1193384 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/your_polling_place#c1193384 2008 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 09:27:42 -0800 Comment by Garth Stephanie Pure beats Chopp or Verde any day of the week.

]]> Garth http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/your_polling_place#c1193403 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/your_polling_place#c1193403 2008 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 09:33:56 -0800 Comment by infrequent anyone going in to vote today? what are the lines like at meany middle school?

]]> infrequent http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/your_polling_place#c1193435 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/your_polling_place#c1193435 2008 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 09:45:21 -0800 Comment by infrequent anyone going in to vote today? what are the lines like at meany middle school?

]]> infrequent http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/your_polling_place#c1193439 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/your_polling_place#c1193439 2008 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 09:47:24 -0800 Comment by john ROJO!

]]> john http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/your_polling_place#c1193486 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/your_polling_place#c1193486 2008 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:06:56 -0800 Comment by Greg Also, why exactly does King County have to wait until 8 PM to start counting absentee ballots? I ain't Eastwood but this shit is unforgivable.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/your_polling_place#c1193505 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/your_polling_place#c1193505 2008 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:16:08 -0800 Comment by Olo [W]hy exactly does King County have to wait until 8 PM to start counting absentee ballots?

I presume because they have to allow for the fact that the absentee voter might also have shown up at the polls in person, and thus invalidated their absentee ballot.

Why is writing in a candidate (registered or not) a waste of election workers' time? They only have to read them if the write-in wins.

]]> Olo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/your_polling_place#c1193515 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/your_polling_place#c1193515 2008 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:22:43 -0800 Comment by josh it's just stupid that no one runs against Chopp.

]]> josh http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/your_polling_place#c1193545 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/your_polling_place#c1193545 2008 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:34:28 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Not as stupid as it would be to run against him.

I always vote for Mrs. Fnarf (by her proper name) against McDermott and for Lieutenant Gubner.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/your_polling_place#c1193549 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/your_polling_place#c1193549 2008 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:37:19 -0800 Comment by Bill LaBorde Oh, man! I voted for Rob Johnson for Lt. Gov. Next time we need to organize the Rob Johnson campaign in advance so we all vote for him for the same office.

]]> Bill LaBorde http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/your_polling_place#c1193590 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/your_polling_place#c1193590 2008 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:54:13 -0800 Comment by ECB Hey Bill,

I voted for you for something else (maybe 37th District Rep. against Sharon Tomiko-Santos?) but it didn't show up on this part of the ballot.

ECB

]]> ECB http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/your_polling_place#c1193602 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/your_polling_place#c1193602 2008 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:57:35 -0800 Comment by jezbian @9 - they do not wait to COUNT...they wait to RELEASE information. the tabulation of absentees started when the polls OPENED today at 7:00 a.m.

]]> jezbian http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/your_polling_place#c1193636 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/your_polling_place#c1193636 2008 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:09:37 -0800 Comment by jezbian btw you can follow twitter updates from pollworkers around the county at:

http://twitter.com/kcvotes

and see some pictures taken by pollworkers/other election workers at:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kingcountyelections/

]]> jezbian http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/your_polling_place#c1193646 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/your_polling_place#c1193646 2008 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:14:18 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Technically, King County could start counting absentee ballots at 12:01 this morning.

They really need to do so.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/your_polling_place#c1193711 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/your_polling_place#c1193711 2008 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:40:12 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle oh, and the Seattle Times and Facebook have online Look Up Your Polling Place sections on their main pages.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/your_polling_place#c1193713 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/your_polling_place#c1193713 2008 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:41:49 -0800 Comment by jezbian i dunno about anyone else, but when i put my information into the seattle times lookup feature, it didn't give me a polling place/location, it only showed me what would be on my ballot...

and whether or not KCE could technically start counting...well that's paying overtime to temps who are already being paid a very nice wage...and what with the $90 million deficit...i'm sure there'd be lots of people shouting about that.

]]> jezbian http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/your_polling_place#c1193830 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/your_polling_place#c1193830 2008 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:27:57 -0800