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SharonClark

(10,005 posts)
Mon Nov 2, 2020, 10:45 AM Nov 2020

Historic Early Voting Lines in Polk County Iowa last week

From the Polk County Dems' weekly update...

Those Lines
We’ve been marveling at the lines of voters at the County Election Office for the last several weeks, but last week took on a genuinely historic hue. . . longer line was starting to form early on Monday. On Tuesday, people were standing in the snow. On Wednesday, people started sending pizzas and bottles of water. Musicians were showing up. On Thursday, the line was two blocks long by 8:30 AM. By Friday, the line was curling around the block at 7:40 AM. The evening streetlights were still on. On Saturday, the line was three blocks long.
By Saturday at noon, an astonishing 78,620 Democrats in Polk County had already voted. There were only 5,695 outstanding absentee ballots with Democrats for us to chase. Most surprisingly, Target Smart found that 167,597 of the early voters in Iowa didn’t vote in 2016. Something big may be happening in our county and our country. As Lori Hunt noted, “people aren’t standing in line in the cold because they’re so energized to keep the status quo.”


We can still win Iowa!
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Historic Early Voting Lines in Polk County Iowa last week (Original Post) SharonClark Nov 2020 OP
+++ still_one Nov 2020 #1
K & R . . . Iliyah Nov 2020 #2
lets see how long those lines will be tuesday when the trumpers vote... samnsara Nov 2020 #3
Let's see how many polling places they have in the red areas of each . .... Iliyah Nov 2020 #7
Ironically, the forecast is for upper 60's all week. SharonClark Nov 2020 #8
Awesome! SheltieLover Nov 2020 #4
I think Iowa and Ohio are in reach. n/m NorthOf270 Nov 2020 #5
More from the newsletter - Running Ahead of Schedule SharonClark Nov 2020 #6
Wow! Target Smart found that 167,597 of the early voters in Iowa didn't vote in 2016. Botany Nov 2020 #9

samnsara

(17,569 posts)
3. lets see how long those lines will be tuesday when the trumpers vote...
Mon Nov 2, 2020, 10:48 AM
Nov 2020

..think they are gonna stand out for hours in the cold? They are all for immediate gratification...

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
7. Let's see how many polling places they have in the red areas of each . ....
Mon Nov 2, 2020, 10:51 AM
Nov 2020

EC states compared to Democratic ones.

SharonClark

(10,005 posts)
6. More from the newsletter - Running Ahead of Schedule
Mon Nov 2, 2020, 10:51 AM
Nov 2020

Phonebanking and Textbanking
Beginning last Wednesday, Communications Chair Jean Kaul and her mighty team of phonebankers and textbankers contacted every Democrat in Polk County who still needed to turn in their ballot. Then, it was about 10,000 ballots. By Saturday, it was in the 5,000s. Usually, we can be chasing tens of thousands of absentee ballots during our “Great Polk County Ballot Chase.” Last week felt tiny in comparison. This past weekend, the team called and texted the numbers for all 5,000 ballots again. Since we had time on our hands, they called or texted all of the Democrats in Polk County who hadn’t requested an absentee ballot or voted early to let them know their polling location for Tuesday. We also offered them a ride should they need it. We had projected that we’d be done with that exercise later tonight at best. We're running about 24 hours ahead of schedule right now.

This is how we win elections!

Botany

(70,281 posts)
9. Wow! Target Smart found that 167,597 of the early voters in Iowa didn't vote in 2016.
Mon Nov 2, 2020, 11:03 AM
Nov 2020
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