Thought he was dead or black?

Shouldn't mistakes like that be corrected?

But he still voted. Which is the point.

Better luck next time, death.

what_now: But he still voted. Which is the point.

As the youngest election official by about 30 years to work at my polling place, let me tell you what happens when you fill out a provisional ballot:

First, you go see the elderly lady at the table and give her your address and name. She licks her finger, turns a few pages...can't find you. She puts on her other glasses..still can't find you.

She asks you sternly if you filled out the city census/registered to vote/recently moved. You sheepishly reply that you have failed in some way to keep your status active.

She calls Gladys over, because Gladys is in charge of Young People Like You (you try to point out that you're 47, but to know avail. This woman thought McCain was sprightly). Gladys asks to see your license/identification/utility bill. Once provided with proof of your identification, Gladys makes you complete a form stating that you are a resident of ward X, you have not and will not vote in any other ward under penalty of felony charges, fines etc etc.

You are given a provisional ballot, which is counted AFTER all the other ballots. While this ballot IS STILL COUNTED, in many cases the election results have been published BEFORE the ballot is counted, because the difference between the winner and loser is larger than the number of provisional votes.

Gladys, and the other ladies, tut about you for a minute, and go back to trying to fix up their granddaughters with the very very bored cop.

abb3w: Shouldn't mistakes like that be corrected?

Yes. He's completely missing the point.

And sorry, after 2000 forgive me if I question the integrity of the provisional ballot process.

abb3w: Shouldn't mistakes like that be corrected?

Or not made in the first place, especially if it is being done intentionally.

cretinbob: And out of the huge voter purge they found 13 people who were on the rolls incorrectly.

But they nuked the HELL out of those 13 people!

Weaver95: cretinbob: And out of the huge voter purge they found 13 people who were on the rolls incorrectly.

But they nuked the HELL out of those 13 people!

Yeah! What's a little collateral disenfranchisement?

Calmamity: Weaver95: cretinbob: And out of the huge voter purge they found 13 people who were on the rolls incorrectly.

But they nuked the HELL out of those 13 people!

Yeah! What's a little collateral disenfranchisement?

ok, so....hundreds of other valid and legal voters got purged in the process...but you can't make an omelet without breaking a few eggs! man up nancy, it's an acceptable loss! those 13 people were EVIL! they could have thrown an election into doubt! DEMOCRACY WOULD HAVE COLLAPSED! anarchy! Chaos!

if you stick your hand...into a bunch of goo that a moment before was your best friends face...well...you'll know what to do. now why don't you get with the program and come on in with the big win? no poor sap ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by being all that he can be. Damn the torpedoes, or give me death! Eternal vigilance is the price of duty. And, to the victors go the spoils. So remember: you are the best of the best of the few and the proud. So ask not what your country can do for you, only regret that you have but one life to live

And Rick Scott's point is ... what?

AirForceVet: And Rick Scott's point is ... what?

He feels our pain.

Even over the oxycontin he gets from his old pill mills.

This is a point in favor of more careful vetting of purges, not increasing them. Cunning plan, etc.

This guy is Lex Luther without the intelligence. There's nothing that he's done that isn't evil and/or incompetent.

I don't think it was so much a thought as a wish.

Wow Florida, how many zombies do you need?

/Rick Scott on bath salts---now there's a scary thought...

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Huh... Subby, you might be onto something there.

Has anybody tried zapping Rick Scott with a taser or something to see if he'll disappear?

I think he looks more like Peter Garrett


/The time has come,
//To say fair's fair

ComicBookGuy: Why would Floridians elect such an obvious and complete sociopath?

Similar to how Walker beat the recall. Lots of money and a lackluster opposition candidate.

BSABSVR: rudemix: It's best to govern by anectdotal episodes. A well rounded group of advisors is ok I suppose but nothing beats the evidence and facts one can provide with sentences that begin 'Well, one time I was....'

I liked yesterday's argument that the lack of convictions for voter fraud is evidence of how easy and pervasive it is.

Accepting that logic, maybe we should revisit his Medicare fraud. He got off easy. Ergo, he must have done much worse than was discovered.

Florida Governor Rick Scott (R-eally looks like that guy from Powder) defends his voter purge by saying he once had to vote provisional because the state thought he was brain dead.

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