This entry was posted on 11/6/2008 11:16 PM and is filed under 2008 Election, All Posts.
An enterprising Alaskan blogger—one Shannyn Moore—has revealed the following strange voting results in Alaska. Her information raises many important questions about the bizarre lead convicted felon Ted Stevens holds in his current Senate race against Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich:
In Alaska, more people voted for George W. Bush in 2004 than for Sarah Palin on Tuesday despite an identical 61-36 margin of victory. Yes. Only four years ago 54,304 Alaskans got off their sofas and voted for Bush, but decided to sit home and not vote for Palin in 2008. In turn, I have to ignore the 30,520 Alaskans who felt progressive enough in 2004 to vote for John Kerry, but weren’t inspired to vote for Barack Obama. I would have to glance past the 1,700% increase in the Democratic caucus in February, the 20,991 newly registered voters, and the three largest political rallies in Alaska’s history. I would also have to forget the people I stood in a long line with to early vote. It would be helpful not to know every other presidential election since Alaska began keeping records has had a larger turn out than the one we just had with our own Governor on the ticket. Try not to remember 12.4% more Alaskans showed up for the August primary as compared to four years ago, before the Palin nomination. Don’t think about the Lower 49’s record voter turn out this year either. Try to delete the memory file, though difficult, that 80% of us approved of Sarah Palin just two months ago.
Four years ago, 313,592 out of 474,740 registered voters in Alaska participated in the election-a 66% turnout. Taking into account 49,000 outstanding ballots, on Tuesday 272,633 out of 495,731 registered Alaskans showed up at the polls; a turnout of 54.9%. That’s a decrease of more than 11% in voter turnout even though passions ran high for and against Barack Obama, as well as for and against Sarah Palin! This year, early voters set a new record. As of last Thursday, with 4 days left to vote early, 15,000 Alaskans showed up-shattering the old record set in 2004 by 28%! Consider the most popular governor in history-and now the most polarizing-was on the Republican ticket. Consider the historic nature of this race; the first African American presidential candidate EVER! The second woman to ever make a presidential ticket; and she’s one of our own. Despite that, we’re supposed to believe that overall participation DECREASED by 11%. Not only that, but this historic election both nationally and for Alaska HAD THE LOWEST ALASKA TURNOUT FOR A PRESIDENTIAL RACE EVER!!! That makes sense. REALLY??? Something stinks.
11/8/2008 11:42 AMStephen wrote:
I have to say I'm not shocked. This Alaska voting situation has the same smell of Ohio in 2004 and Florida in the 2000 election. In a state government controlled by Republicans, all kinds of voting anomalies can be hidden. The Secretary of State in Alaska has the luxury of ignoring all kinds of missteps and fraud. For example, in Ohio 2004, the State's law for triggering a re-count is comparing a RANDOMLY picked 3% batch of ballots with the overall State results. What happened? The Ohio State election folks SELECTIVELY picked a 3% batch of votes to make the comparison. It's simple, pick a predominately Republican district as your 3% vote comparison, problem solved, results match. Did you really expect an embarrassing voting result for a governor that fully plans on running for President in 2012? Reply to this
11/8/2008 5:20 PM
sue wrote:
How interesting. Just impresses upon me the continuing need for ONE VOTING SYSTEM across the country. Everyone of us should vote with the same type of machine or paper or whatever. Secretaries of State should not be able to be chairpersons for various campaigns. We have some of the greatest technology in the world, and yet the most reliable form of voting right now in the US is the paper ballot. We should allow folks to register and vote on election day. My state doesn't allow early voting. Ridiculous and simply a way to lower turnout, something that historically benefits the GOP. Reply to this
11/8/2008 5:24 PM
sue wrote:
How interesting. Just impresses upon me the continuing need for ONE VOTING SYSTEM across the country. Everyone of us should vote with the same type of machine or paper or whatever. Secretaries of State should not be able to be chairpersons for various campaigns. We have some of the greatest technology in the world, and yet the most reliable form of voting right now in the US is the paper ballot. We should allow folks to register and vote on election day. My state doesn't allow early voting. Ridiculous and simply a way to lower turnout, something that historically benefits the GOP. Reply to this
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