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November 02, 2004
Louisiana | Heavy rain, little cooperation, and a tight race for Vitter

I keep hearing on the radio about long lines throughout the state. But in Metairie (New Orleans suburb), the line was down to 20 by 1:00 pm, and down to less than 10 by 3:30. Friends of mine in New Orleans tell me that turn-out was very low in some of the poor precincts. I went to check it out myself, and a) there was practically no one there, and b) it had just started pouring rain.

The people working the polls were very unhelpful. They were very suspicious, gave short answers, and refused to answer after a couple of questions. I also suspect they weren’t telling me the truth, because they said they’ve been busy all day (contra what my friends have been telling me, and contra what I saw with my own eyes).

Coffee enthusiast Shelley Miller writes, “Voted at 7:30 this morning then went for coffee - and the voting line was shorter than Starbucks!!!” There you go.



Posted by Sobek at November 2, 2004 06:11 PM | TrackBack
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