The post I plan to update throughout the night

[heidi]

19:19 - This just in from CNN, a federal judge has ordered that 16 precincts in Cleveland stay open until 10pm in order to allow people to vote - this morning there were apparently technical problems (or something) that stopped lots of people from voting in that area.

Gacked from DailyKos

ETA: On the gov. level, turns out it doesn't matter. Strickland (D) beat Blackwell (R); if you remember 2004, Blackwell may have engaged in Suspect Practices to swing the state to Bush, including invalidating registrations because of the weight of the paper. But people should still vote anyway because of other important races!

ETA at 8:01: Yay. Katherine Harris lost. See my surprised face? :)

ETA at 9:36: They're saying O'Malley in Maryland on CNN. And Chaffee lost to Whitehouse in RI. Is that what you locals are hearing?


10:52: And Clay Shaw has LOST to Ron Klein in South Florida, YAY! My grandmother is beyond thrilled.

11:29: Gacked from The Onion: Republicans Blame Election Losses On Democrats

And Hastert has conceded that the Dems have taken the House.

Comments

[aome.livejournal.com]

Ah hah - I thought I remembered rightly that you had this icon. I just saw a bumper sticker in this week's Time and thought of you/icon: "Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth" - Einstein. Am wondering how to squeeze that into an itty-bitty icon. :P

[mijan.livejournal.com]

Ooh! Where'd the icon come from? And can I use it? *begs*

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

My Jefferson one, you mean? I've had it since 03 or 04, and someone on the MoveOn LJ made it for free sharing, so yes, feel free to take and not credit me.

[mijan.livejournal.com]

YAY! I need a "Republicans for Voldemort" one, too. But this one... I just LIKE.

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

Yep, had it since 2003, iirc. I think it's 7 pt text - I like your quote, so I hope you get it iconized.

[aome.livejournal.com]

I managed to icon-ify it. Now I just have to decide which of my other icons to retire to make room.... (To say nothing of the (at least) four holiday icons I have waiting in the wings.) :P

[bear.livejournal.com]

All the Cleveland news outlets are saying 9 p.m., actually, but still: yay.

(Incidentally, it looks like most of the precincts with problems were in Cleveland Heights/Shaker Heights areas, which skew way liberal (that is to say, liberal-er than the rest of Cuyahoga County), so hopefully people will go out and take advantage of the later times.)

[bear.livejournal.com]

Also, FWIW, the Blackwell/Strickland thing was pretty much a foregone conclusion -- words like "runaway" and "insurmountable" have been used to describe Strickland's lead in the past week. Most of the people I've discussed the election with have been more concerned about our senate seat and the statewide issues.

[anchoredhope.livejournal.com]

I'm trying to figure out if my voting place was in the Heights or not... I think it was? ha... I really should know this, but I just... went to the address on the card. (just outside of little Italy, if that helps any, ha)

There was some shadiness there, actually-- I went to vote with my boyfriend, and they gave us both a hard time for having licenses that didn't match the address they had on file-- I had my voting card with me, he had mail FROM THEM to the right address with him... they gave him a bit harder of a time since his license is out-of-state, but I didn't hear how they resolved it, because I was already waved on ahead.

Our names were both on record, though, so in the end everything worked out.

[phoenixsong]

You/your boyfriend should fill out this form.

You and/or Heidi, feel free to pimp that out. They're trying to record any irregularities with the election.

[anchoredhope.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm an idiot, I voted in Cleveland Heights.
Yes, I should know what part of Cleveland is what but... its a big city *shrugs*

[sisterpandora.livejournal.com]

EEEEEEE! Thanks for the good news! (Er, election results. That's my state, and wow, I'm so glad we won't have another Taft in Columbus!)

[ginsu.livejournal.com]

Katherine Harris lost. See my surprised face? :)

"God is the one who chooses our rulers." -- Katherine Harris

[kimmyblair.livejournal.com]

Yeah for RI!

[plaidphoenix.livejournal.com]

ETA at 8:01: Yay. Katherine Harris lost. See my surprised face? :)

I think even Trelwaney could have seen this one coming.

[ivyblossom.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! The news as of now looks pretty good! Thanks for the update, btw, I really appreciate it. On pins and needles for you guys.

[i-phianassa.livejournal.com]

I am proud to be one of the people who voted against Blackwell!

Now if only we could oust Deborah Pryce.