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3. In Ohio in 2004 when there weren't enough ballets

Mon Oct 29, 2012, 03:12 PM

Oct 2012

they made them on copy machines instead of making official ones. Besides the weight of paper and printing method shouldn't matter if they are not being read on electrical scanners anyway. They'll have to count by hand, so just make copies, what's the difference?

I wonder if there will be a shift in red to blue (or vice versa) if they end up voting by paper instead of machine. This should be interesting.

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Sandy Power Outages Could Make Voting Impossible in 6+ States Where E-Voting is Only Option [View all] BradBlog Oct 2012 OP

They will print paper tbennett76 Oct 2012 #1

Can't print without power.... democrat_patriot Oct 2012 #20

All 50 states won't be without power obamanut2012 Oct 2012 #24

They could get a decently sized diesel gennie brought in Thav Oct 2012 #44

Here is the Thing liberalmike27 Oct 2012 #49

I just talked to the head of my local Democratic organization thecrow Oct 2012 #41

Hope so. Hope they printed enough for more than the entire 2008 voting numbers. nt silvershadow Oct 2012 #42

Mother Nature to Hart InterCivic: GO FUCK YOURSELF Blue Owl Oct 2012 #2

. reflection Oct 2012 #6

In Ohio in 2004 when there weren't enough ballets EC Oct 2012 #3

You need power to run a copy machine sunnystarr Oct 2012 #13

Generators. obxhead Oct 2012 #17

If any state relies solely on e-voting reflection Oct 2012 #4

You would be surprised.... TalkingDog Oct 2012 #12

SOP in a binder???? What ?? lol uhhh what is an SOP?? tks. onecent Oct 2012 #36

SOP usually is "Standard Operating Procedure" Angleae Oct 2012 #38

Standard Operating Procedures. Most organizations have one. TalkingDog Oct 2012 #47

It's obvious. God wants paper ballots. tblue Oct 2012 #5

And you have to wonder how many power companies... jenw2 Oct 2012 #7

That's not likely to happen. obxhead Oct 2012 #18

And now they're going to make the people pay for not giving in jenw2 Oct 2012 #52

Zero companies will do that obamanut2012 Oct 2012 #25

This is a National Emergency condoleeza Oct 2012 #8

I can't access the article at work. Which states does avebury Oct 2012 #9

Maybe about eight siligut Oct 2012 #19

I live in NC and had a paper ballot obamanut2012 Oct 2012 #26

The article stated it as "most" of the state siligut Oct 2012 #28

Thanks for the info. nt avebury Oct 2012 #34

So, they have a week to fix it Retrograde Oct 2012 #10

Scannable paper ballots Zambero Oct 2012 #11

There is time Twelve String Oct 2012 #14

Well, when massive power outages, there's always OUTLYING areas that take a week or longer to restor progree Oct 2012 #33

The unpleasant irony may be that the longer the power is off, the greater the chance for an libdem4life Oct 2012 #15

I don't think the election can be delayed Mz Pip Oct 2012 #16

The election cannot be and won't be delayed obamanut2012 Oct 2012 #21

Seriously? humbled_opinion Oct 2012 #23

The election is November 6 obamanut2012 Oct 2012 #27

Wasn't an election delayed in 2001? Retrograde Oct 2012 #29

Primaries and the actual official elections are different critters. Posteritatis Oct 2012 #43

True, but toman911 Oct 2012 #50

That may be, I didn't know it couldn't be, but just guessing that libdem4life Oct 2012 #31

I have people in Philly humbled_opinion Oct 2012 #22

OH please treestar Oct 2012 #39

WHAT? humbled_opinion Oct 2012 #45

Yes they will, as they know the importance of voting treestar Oct 2012 #48

Gee... I wonder if the Democratic districts will be late to have their power restored... Tab Oct 2012 #30

Won't it be easier to restore power to the more densely populated areas? pstokely Oct 2012 #32

Excellent blog argiel1234 Oct 2012 #35

I read somewhere here that there are states that just have e-voting libdem4life Oct 2012 #37

Maybe the "reporters" should dig into the question treestar Oct 2012 #40

Nothing like 'progress.' elleng Oct 2012 #46

Thanks for the PSA. Quantess Oct 2012 #51