I was supposed to be back in Springfield this afternoon, but instead I spent the day running around Marion County following up on voter problems. We all know this morning was a disaster. One hundred and seventy-five inspectors didn’t show up. A lot of polls didn’t open on time. A number of people didn’t get a chance to vote. Beth White has apologized. Democrats are looking to figure out how to fix this problem in November. There was one precinct on the near southwest side of town which had been closed finally opened around 2 p.m. And in another precinct, they were so short-handed, a man who came in to vote was asked to be an inspector. This has been a big giant cluster(you know what that rhymes with truck). But what makes this story so sad, is after all these years of Democrats yelling about the incompetence of Republican-run elections, in the smallest voter-participating election they drop the ball. I believe everybody gets a chance to screw up and gets a mulligan. Beth White has used hers.

By the way, if you didn’t get to vote today and you tried to you’re out of luck. The polls will not stay open past 6 p.m..

I can now start my vacation. See you Monday.

Posted: 05|8|07 at 3:53 pm by Abdul Hakim-Shabazz
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