NJ/NY voters being denied right to vote

[Anthony K. S.]

Back in 2004, a second round of voting certainly would have had at least one major difference. It is a virtual certainty that most or all of the people who voted for Ralph Nader would have switched their votes to Al Gore.

Going back a bit further, in 1992, Bill Clinton won the Presidency with a large majority of the Electoral College but only a plurality of the popular vote.

Quite a few people insisted that Clinton only won because Ross Perot had taken so much support away from George H.W. Bush. Assuming that was true, then Bush would have won a runoff against Clinton because Perot's supporters would have switched their votes to him.

(Personally, I was always skeptical that Bush really had that much support, but that's an old argument now.)

[HYHYBT]

Interesting. The people I know who supported Perot switched to Clinton when Perot dropped out of the race.

[Tanasi]

Didn't take long for this to happen. In NJ, you were allowed to email or fax in your credentials and get a mail in ballot that you could fill out and send back. Tons of people tried to do it, but the county clerk offices wouldn't send people their ballots. County clerk offices are closed today so NJ people whose voting spots were destroyed from the hurricane now can't vote.

In NYC, they waited until late this morning to bring in the polling machines. As a result, people couldn't vote because they had to work and couldn't just sit there waiting for multiple hours waiting in line.

Not surprising to see heavily Democrat areas getting screwed over.

Damn George Bush and you know those damned Republicans are doing this to keep those yankees from voting.
It would be interesting to see the number of folks that were turned away "actually" did vote.

[ngc_7331]

Damn George Bush and you know those damned Republicans are doing this to keep those yankees from voting.
It would be interesting to see the number of folks that were turned away "actually" did vote.

Yep, nothing to see here. The GOP can do no wrong. Move along.