<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">An EJ at my polling place pointed to a sign on the table listing the three available ballots.<div> --Jenifer<br><br>--- On <b>Tue, 2/2/10, Robert Naiman <i><naiman.uiuc@gmail.com></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Robert Naiman <naiman.uiuc@gmail.com><br>Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Pull a Green Party Ballot Today!<br>To: "C. G. Estabrook" <galliher@illinois.edu><br>Cc: "Peace-discuss List" <Peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net>, "Karen Medina" <kmedina67@gmail.com><br>Date: Tuesday, February 2, 2010, 3:50 PM<br><br><div class="plainMail">In Cunningham 18, the EJs asked me if I wanted a D, R, or G ballot.<br><br>Last night I walked part of my precinct. I ran into a potential voter<br>who had no idea there was an election today. When I
explained that<br>there was an election for the U.S. Senate and that there was an<br>anti-war candidate running, he eagerly pledged that he would vote.<br><br>What kind of democracy is that, that relies on volunteer efforts to<br>even inform people that there is an election going on, never mind who<br>the candidates are and what they stand for?<br><br>Until we get control of the damn media, there will be no democracy in the U.S.<br><br>On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 3:39 PM, C. G. Estabrook <<a ymailto="mailto:galliher@illinois.edu" href="/mc/compose?to=galliher@illinois.edu">galliher@illinois.edu</a>> wrote:<br>> My experience exactly. Without the kiss..<br>><br>><br>> Karen Medina wrote:<br>>><br>>> Election judge to Karen: "Would you like a Democrat or a Republican<br>>> ballot?"<br>>><br>>> Karen: "You are not offering a Green ballot?"<br>>><br>>> EJ: "Would you like a Green
ballot?"<br>>><br>>> Karen: "No. But aren't we offered a Green ballot?"<br>>><br>>> [... ] [Karen was voter 110 at her precinct at 10:30am today.]<br>>><br>>> Karen to 3 EJs in an otherwise empty poling place: "Have a wonderful day!<br>>> Hope you have a great turnout!"<br>>><br>>> EJ1 blows a kiss. A heartfelt good-bye.<br>><br>><br>> --<br>> This message has been scanned for viruses and<br>> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is<br>> believed to be clean.<br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Peace-discuss mailing list<br>> <a ymailto="mailto:Peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net" href="/mc/compose?to=Peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net">Peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net</a><br>> <a href="https://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace-discuss"
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