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2004 US Presidential Election
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November 02, 2004
Hawaii | High Turnout - Palpable Excitement

Most of the students in my classes today confirmed to me that this election was very important to them. The discussion wasn’t on who they were voting for, but rather how important they thought that it was to vote. There was almost universal agreement that the eligible were all going to vote. There were very, very few that seemed uninterested.

One way or another this election has energized people. Even if it is too soon to call the results of the overall election, I predict extraordinary voter turnout.

My vote, at 4:00pm in my own precinct was vote #674 in the paper ballot box. This doesn’t count the electronic tablet voting machine which had a non-stop line. The primary elections for this precinct had 955 voters. The vote count seems to be running quite high. Again, this is another indication of a very high turnout.



Posted by North Shore at November 2, 2004 04:30 PM | TrackBack
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