Some places (Oregon, for example) started voting as much as a month ago. I think in Oregon, all voting is by mail, so they have to start early. May allow more time after Tuesday for ballots to come in, too, esp. if postmarked by Tuesday.<div>
<br></div><div>--Don Ellis</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 4:14 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:murraymckee@wellsfargo.com">murraymckee@wellsfargo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">I heard that in certain areas voting was done yesterday to
spread the load out.</span></p>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> <a href="mailto:cialug-bounces@cialug.org" target="_blank">cialug-bounces@cialug.org</a>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:cialug-bounces@cialug.org" target="_blank">cialug-bounces@cialug.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Don Ellis<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 02, 2010 4:10 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Central Iowa Linux Users Group<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Cialug] Vote Today</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 3:11 PM, Matthew Nuzum <<a href="mailto:newz@bearfruit.org" target="_blank">newz@bearfruit.org</a>> wrote:</p>
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On Nov 2, 2010, at 2:33 PM, Tim Wilson wrote:<br>
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> There's an election today? If only they would run political
commercials to remind us of this ....<br>
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commercials. What was life like before the 30-second skip button? Did you get
your MP3s delivered by the Wells Fargo Wagon?</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A little bit off-topic (on topic?), my wife loves MythTV
because the skip button doesn't just go 30 seconds, it skips the entire
commercial segment.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">More on the off-topic: A presenter here at the StL LUG (I
think that was the meeting) on MythTV said his daughter had never seen a
commercial until she was visiting friends who didn't have the commercial
elimination feature. Quite a surprise for a child?</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">PS -- Didn't you get the announcement that voting in certain
key districts was scheduled for Wednesday this year?</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div>