Local - Allentown, PA-TV report states PA voter turnout "around 20%" today.

[old mark]

This is a disgrace.


mark

[JuniperLea]

1. It's just coming up on 6pm there...

Isn't there a chance for a surge of voters once people get home from work?

[murielm99]

2. When Foster beat Hastert in the special election,

it was big news. That election was widely publicized and followed. I had friends and family calling me from all over the country.

The election had a shockingly low turnout. Many off-year or special elections are like that. Democrats need to capitalize on this, and get everyone to the polls.

[SoCalDem]

3. Which is why we need a change.. a BIG one

We need elections EVERY YEAR..

ODD years are for state & local

EVEN years are for congress/senate/president

It would make ALL elections important..not just presidential years.

and it would make them all easier too.

In even years, a ballot could be a 5 x 7 card..with never more than THREE races

and they could be standardized nationally, with the same layout in all states

house..every 2 years
senate..2 year cycles, but not every 2 years
president..every 4 years

Counting would be a snap


odd year elections would be less vulnerable to out of staters' mischief too

[bbernardini]

4. I went to vote after the polls had been open for over 11 hours. I was #168.

I waited in line before the polls opened for the Presidential election, and I was something like #92 that morning. My election was primarily judges and school board stuff.