Sticking with our traditional election day discussions, this 4:00pm ET thread is specifically focused on what is happening in/around your neighborhood and precinct this election day 2022. Keep in mind, the West Coast is in lunchtime voting now.
The practical on-the-ground reports from you are generally an excellent gauge for the ‘sense’ of the state and federal election results.
If you are voting on election day today, what are you seeing in your area? How is turnout?
What is the general sense about the candidates in the local and state races that are important to you, your friends, your community, your neighborhood?
Are there any voting issues in your immediate area? If so, what kind?
We will post a few ‘ground report’ threads throughout the day for you to share the latest news and information from your area as well as your state.
Remember a key facet in modern election cycles is to ignore any national MSM coverage of exit polling or trends as national news is generally trying to shape opinion and thereby shape outcome.
Regardless of the narrative being promoted, ignore exit polling which has been shown to be heavily manipulated by media. Just vote.
So, what are you seeing out there?
I voted early in TN. We no longer have the infamous Dominion machines. Back in 2021 an error code was discovered in the Williamson County, TN Dominion machines that miscounted hundreds of ballots for a city election in Franklin, TN. That resulted in the all the Dominion machines being replaced by ESS machines which according to what I’ve heard aren’t much better. With a super GOPe majority in the TN legislator none of them believe there’s any issue with voting fraud. I will say they finally changed to Voter ID I think back in 2010 and election workers are diligent about checking ID and signatures (at least where I vote). TN used to be famous for the dead people in Memphis voting to retain Democrat control of the state.
However, all that said, it was discovered that the same Dominion error was found in the majority of GA machines and it probably extends to every state with Dominion. Thus all the voting issues in Maricopa County, AZ.
The issue was covered here: https://kanekoa.substack.com/p/bombshell-dominion-error-code-uncovered
Concise version: you do not need nor want a computer in your voting process!!!!
Wife and I went to vote in Milford, Ohio (SWO)
Machine scanned our driver’s license which I hope was only to prove eligibility.
Sign on touch screen for sig verification.
Take receipt to precinct table and receive ballot.
Filled out ballot with provided ball point pen (blue).
Insert into scanner and received on screen verification scan complete.
*Do not however get any receipt in hand to acknowlege I voted.
Total time 7 minutes.
Why do other states find this so difficult?
Fox reporting, an hour ago, “connectivity” issues and cyber attack in Champaign, IL.
CIA and FBI doing their thing.
Mudflaps! I’ll stop there.
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The Powerball numbers were drawn, after selling over 300 million tickets, and within 4 hours they knew how many winners there were, how many got the 5 regular numbers but not the Powerball number and the exact location where the winning ticket was bought. Yet PA wants weeks to count their votes. The only reason is cheating.
I am sure the Russians will be blamed.
…..And they are connecting to???????
China.
Here in the most beautiful little town in Northwest WA, the only line was at the grocery store, for Powerball tickets. We all vote exclusively by mail, and they don’t start counting until 8pm. Paper ballots, counted by both hand and machine, and it is observed by cameras and in-person watchers.
I understand people’s concerns, but this system is convenient and safe for a county with only 20k residents. More people vote, and it saves millions of dollars every election. Yes, they verify the signatures on the ballot envelopes. Yes, we provide not only ID but supporting documents in order to register. The counters are all county employees, so they have a stake in getting it right to keep their jobs. To me that’s better than the briefly-trained temp workers used in other states who don’t care as much, because all they can forfeit is a temp assignment.
it’s an unfortunate fact that more than half the state lives in Seattle and Tacoma. That means that in the case of statewide races, if a candidate wins ONLY those two cities, they win the election. So I’m revising my prediction on Senate candidate Tiffany Smiley. She tried hard, and I believe she will do well in most counties. I think she might only lose by five points. Murray has Seattle/Tacoma totally locked up. That’s been true for decades. I can’t control population distribution.
The one thing that irritated me was the several incumbents for local offices (both R and D) who ran unopposed. This was for things like school boards, local judges and various commissioners. If there isn’t any contest, nothing can change. Before someone says “Why didn’t YOU run?”, I know I don’t have the right skill set and I won’t pretend I do. But I wish there were actual choices for these posts. Writing in for local offices is a mathematically futile gesture. Folks still check the box even if there’s only one box.
I remain hopeful that Smiley can pull this off. True that Seattle has gone off the rails, but I think our “Summer of Love”
may have changed a few minds. 🤷♀️
I hope you’re right
That is the key. Changing minds. This will be interesting precisely because many are changing. The big question is how many?
I have lived in the Soviet of Washington for more than 30 years. Took me a while to realize how widespread the fraud is. There is no secure chain of custody for many of the ballots, so more can be “delivered” from “drop boxes” once they know how many they need from the early count. The win in WA3 by Joe Kent was only managed by boogering up their algo by getting a lot of R voters to not turn in their ballots until the last day or two, so they didn’t know how many to plan for and fake up. Looks really bad to come in with 30k a week late; they need them printed up early enough so they can be smuggled in not-to-late. On top of that, there is no general random hand-count audit to count precincts and make sure the machines tally the votes accurately, so they can just put in an “adjustment” to turn (for example) every sixth R vote into a D vote in the tally.
Sorry to say, fraud runs the state, and that’s not likely to change unless the wave if frikkin’ HUGE.
Same mail in fraud in Oregon for decades
The Blue Hole got hammered with snow today. Several trees down. Ballots went back a week ago. Lots of unopposed in Clallam co. Didn’t bother voting for any of them.
Yep..We attended to President Trump rallies in 2016.
Lynden and Burlington.
Our trip down from Greater Vancouver British Columbia was terrific.
The attendees were stellar..
Large Cities are a Pox on all western nations…in particular the U.S.A.
Cheers!
All respect, but RSBN is now LIVE with election nite coverage, from Headquarters, MAL and KL headquarters.
I’ma goin dere!
Ditto
Here’s a link:
https://www.rsbnetwork.com/video/decision-2022-live-midterm-election-results-from-the-rsbn-studio/
Fairly good Election Night livestream . . . Red Eagle Politics.
here in Ohio I did vote for all Republicans Today,
Northern Kentucky Voter, a/k/a Southern Cincinnati. We get all the ads for the Ohio races, but live south of the Ohio river, root for the Bengals, Xavier University, Kentucky Wildcats, etc. Kenton County is, more often than not, a red/conservative county. We have lived here for 25+ years and voted in every cycle. Today at the polling location were lines like we have never seen before. Usually, voting is a 10-15 minute process regardless of which election cycle or which contested races. Today there were wait times of 1 to 1.5 hours for almost the entire day. Everyone was friendly and well behaved. Several of the polls workers said they had never experienced anything like today. We were offered either paper ballot or machine ballot. I know our local clerk and she is above reproach and has always conducted good clean elections, so we went with machine ballot, touch the screen, confirm the vote, print the slip, then feed it into the machine, get the sticker, etc. To us this means it is likely every republican on the ballot will will in a wipeout. Most folks are pretty commonsense, faith-filled, and hard working in these parts.
…will win…(sorry)
Us Louisiana folk have a thang for your QB!! 😀 And Jamarr, too!
You talkin’ ’bout Burrows?
Indeed!
Those two gents have brought serious joy back to Bengals football, so we owe you a big one for a long time WeeWeed!
Just voted in Sanford, FL with the on way home from crowd. 20 booths, 2/3 full, workers said fairly steady through the day.
Got soaked for my effort, but hey, you can’t live in FL and be afraid of the rain
Check out the info delivered on America Can We Talk?, starting at 25:15. The source is very credible.
Worth spreading…ought to go viral…this is a very sophisticated operation.
President Trump just released a brief emergency video —-speaking to all voters and especially those in line to vote in Arizona right now…. “Stay in line..”
https://rumble.com/v1so5ha-to-the-great-people-of-arizona.html
Ok this is my best effort at a quick transcription of President Trump emergency broadcast:
“To the great people of Arizona, Maricopa County in particular, don’t leave your line. Stay where you are. They say that the machines aren’t working. They say that they are running out of paper in different locations throughout different states. There’s a lot of bad thins going on.
“Say on line. Do not leave. I know you do not want to be there as long as they’re gonna try to force you. They want to try to delay you out of voting and you cannot let them delay you out of voting. So to the people of Arizona in particular, stay on line. Do not leave. Already a lot of people have left and it’s very unfair what is going on. Maricopa County don’t leave, stay there.”
https://rumble.com/v1so5ha-to-the-great-people-of-arizona.html
Maybe should have voted by mail afterall.
The mail-ins make it easier for them to cheat by changing the numbers.
Dick Morris who now works for Trmp started saying a month ago that we Republicans need to change strategy to start voting early, because of the type of fraud they are engaged in.
Alaska here;
Went in at about 8AM…
Sign wavers out in full force, 25 degrees and just starting to turn daylight.
Voting was light as usual in the A.M., probably a dozen in there.
Ranked Choice is sure to muddy this election for us.
I pinched my nose as I ranked Palin as #2, she was a train-wrck for Alaskans.
I could not force myself to even rank Murkowski at all.
She has always been a Democrat. Only votes Republican when it won’t make a difference, but every single tie-breaker, and I mean every one, she throws in with Democrats just like Collins does.
She could have been the end of Obamacare.
Central Florida, voting place handles 2 precincts. Parking lot was full but not overflowing. Steady stream of people in and out between 2 and 3 pm today. Overheard comment that they were swamped before noon. Orderly, careful process: show license, get receipt for ballot, next table (one for each precinct), verify ballot matches my precinct, verify part A and B and A has two sides.
Walk to nearest empty booth. Line up to slide your ballot in machine that keeps the paper inside. Get your sticker and out the door. Same procedure at other locations within Brevard. I have never witnessed any shenanigans.
Just finished my clothes washing prep, thanks for the reminder Sundance. Started the dishwasher. Will be washing down the garbage cans with Clorox after dinner. Walmart water aisle was packed and they were having to restock it. I put the $30 twenty pound turkey back on the shelf.
Nothing like a little hurricane to motivate you to finish your preps ASAP. More canned beans, pineapple and fruits in containers.
75′ extension cords with 3 outlets for the generator, I bought two.
Prayers for our neighbors in the free state of Florida 🙏🏻.
Thanks, Nicole keeps wobbling back and forth, so, we do not know if the hit will be direct.
Forecast to be 75/76 mph at landfall. Horrible for the people with blue roofs hit by Ian, not too bad for most of the coast. There will be power outages, downed trees, flooding, downed street lights, debris everywhere always.
But most on the east coast will keep their roofs and windows. The biggest risk is something flying into your window from somewhere else.
I was able to finish my preps, bring the outside in and stay home. When I was on a barrier island, I always fled inland.
We had fencing loosened by Ian, so, I expect Nicole to lay it flat. I also lost 2 soffits and only recovered one. Still trying to figure out how to close the opening left by a single soffit. Eventually, I want to replace them all with something softer than metal, but, not just now.
Judge extends poll opening time in PA county to 10pm. Anecdotal reports such as this, Maricopa, tells me are doing 2020 Part deux.
Yesterday, I had a 4 hour car ride so forced myself to listen to NPR for 3 hours.
They talked about all the voter suppression and “political” violence and vote interference, and never once did they mention the arrest of the Chinese CEO for sending poll worker info back to china to use bribery and intimidation with poll workers.
Then they talked about the DOJ sending poll workers to certain states and precincts, and I was stunned to hear that they sent them to a very remote and barren Juab, county. Pronounced Ju-ab
Nothing is out there. 10,000 people in the whole mostly agricultural area.
Lots of mining for minerals.
Part of it used to be part of Nevada.
Of all the places for the DOJ to take and interest in…I found this very odd.
MUCH RATHER – LITERALLY – Go thru a ROOT CANAL AGAIN than listen to NPR.
i REGRET Giving them Money when Our Sons were Growing Up, – yes, 1980’s Sesame Street.
Sesame Street was pretty good in the 1980s. I figured out my son was ready for school when he did an L with his body during one episode.
Juab County Utah is next door – south, not too far away – from the NSA’s massive “Data Center” in Saratoga Springs with its computers spying on the entire country and planet, computers with petabytes of memory and power and maybe more.
Hard to say what might be happening: but the proximity is interesting! 😉
INTERESTING the Article on WHEN the Town of BLUFFDALE had to UPGRADE Their Water SYSTEM to PROVIDE Chilling Water to the DATA CENTER.
https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=57181642&itype=CMSID
Wi Fi in Shelby County in Alabama had a connection called. “Election”
Popping back in here to confirm that I did vote around 4:45 PM CT. There was no line, just walked in and the whole thing took about 5 minutes. I was told that my vote was “counted.” Of course there’s no checking IDs when going to vote in MN. Walked home in the dark and cold November rain.
had a bit of a line around 7:15 close to Edina, Several mask wearers voting for timid taxin timmy
Hi neighbor, I’m just east of St. Paul. I’m sure I was the only one there who was voting straight R. I told the guy watching the ballot machine that it was “just like putting it into a shredder.” I don’t think he understood my meaning. And I wanted to say something rude to the people at the door on my way out but I held my tongue. I’m so sick of living here.
Stay warm. Bless you for voting!
MAGA
Thank you Lorrie. MAGA
Brrrr…..hope you got home okay.
Thank you. Yes I got home fine. Just cold but I have a nice heavy duty autumn jacket and wore my winter hat. The path home is not lit well but it’s all a paved pedestrian path. I suppose I should feel thankful that it’s only a ten minute walk and I don’t have to drive.
Steve Bannon just now ..
“Democrats are getting a democracy depository”
😁😂🤣
EXACTLY STEVE’s WORD
3% of the vote in for AZ, has Fox called it for Hobbs yet?
Yeah, Fox has a LOT of word to do, if they want to win back my trust. I DVR Tucker and watch his show without having to watch the commercials but that’s it for Fox News.
We ditched cable/satellite 7 years ago now, don’t miss it a bit…including Fox
We ditched cable because of FOX on election night 2016.
We have never looked back except to count the $7200 after tax dollars we have saved.
We’re coming up on the two year mark here. Stream stuff I want, no network TV or cable news at all.
Well, Bret’s up tonight – so, probably.
😂 😂 😂 😂
No one should be watching FOX. Cut the cord, and pay your dues here instead.
I won’t turn it on because I don’t want to hear about Hobbs and Fetterman. Trying the democrat thang – not listening.
LOL
My libertarian friend emailed how the Republicans are going to eat our children if they win…lol
Haven’t voted yet….the line was just too long outside the town barn and the old folks weren’t dressed warm enough! heh, we’ll be back later on to throw votes at Lee Zeldin and company. In almost 30 years in this tiny red township we have NEVER SEEN A LINE OUT THE DOOR INTO THE PARKING LOT. And it’s midterms.
Motivation.
(Yeah, NYS is rife with fractional vote counting and I swore I wouldn’t do this again, but hope springs eternal in the heart of man.)
Our mail-in ballots this year don’t have a secrecy envelope! (The insert claimed it was to save on costs, although the cost of printing the insert must be equal that of the secrecy envelope, or close). There is a little punched-out hole on both sides of the main envelope to show whether your ballot is indeed inside. However you fold your ballot, these little windows show whether you voted R/D for governor, and whether you voted for or against psilycbin measures. We couldn’t believe it. I took pictures but don’t know who to send them to! Even if 90% of our counters have integrity, that makes it really easy for the others to toss out a bunch of ballots they don’t like – and with just a quick glance.
At the ballot box drop-off at the library, in other news, a very still and quiet night. There was a presumably homeless guy w/ his bike and stuff, watching tv on his i pad by catching some free wi-fi next to the brick building in 30 degree rain. God bless America.
I wondered what I would do if I sat there to watch – probably nothing, it’s a small town and how can you tell anything’s happening there? Is there a best time that something is likely to occur? Like 3 am? I have no idea.
Where?
Sounds like Oregon
My guess is Colorado. Oregon led the way in shroom initiative and, shocker, we’re all mail in balloting. I think the mushrooms hit here in 2023.
Ha ha ha. Oh, the Karma!!!
Christian Heiens 🏛
@ChristianHeiens
Live look at the Spanberger Campaign HQ. #VA7
The Virginia Project
@ProjectVirginia
with the old PWC registrar having been arrested and redistricting putting her out of her element, pretty sure we got Spanberger cornered
the goose is cooked
get used to saying Congressman Vega
County clerk, Tina Peters, ran a clean election. What she discovered was that the dirt was in the machines. Watch her story at https://selectioncode.com/
(Executive Producer: Mike Lindell)
Her story was sad.
NY here. Voted early afternoon. No lines and no issues. Saw a poll worker that’s a friend from my congregation. And I believe most people are voting today. 🙏😇👍🏻🏆
I voted about 3pm local time. There was about 30 people in line. Everything was running well.
There was a long line this morning. Turnout will be close to record.
That is amazing in that there are no contested local races and no propositions on the ballot.
The vote here is anti-beto and fjb.
Deep deep southern IL – never saw so many voters before today at our little rural church polling place. Drove by several times until we saw just a few there before we went in. For the first time, we saw a Judge of Elections present sitting by the machines. Ballpoint pens only given out. Instructions didn’t specify a pen type. Mine was #135 scanned. I checked for wifi and the first time we stopped by, there was one named after the church with 5G. The last time we stopped, there were two – both named after the church, one 5G and the other just the name.
NW WI here, heavy lines voting on a cold windy and now rainy day. Vote goes in machine, lots of D & R workers – problem is this is the state that dumps 20K votes from Milwaukee area into pot after midnight, both in ’16 and ’20- just enough for the D’s to win.
RI voted early at Congregational Church. Wrong district so couldn’t vote for Fung and Cicilline ran essentially opposed as the R running didn’t need to buy one ad. The CVS Republican could win as governor but speaker of the house has the power in RI. The Ds have a shot at going over 100. Currently they hold 99 of the combined general assembly seats.
I have lived in the same place for the last 14 years. OR, I5 corridor.
I have never seen a line for the ballot drop off place.
There was a line of cars, all day. Each time I went by.
No idea what that means but if they are going to cheat they’d better get to work.
It won’t be easy.
Need to add. There are 113 seats and the Democrats hold 99,
WOW! Poor Rhode Island! Hard to believe the state functions at all!
Voted in LaPorte County at the Scipio Fire House the voting system is the MicroVote machine WITHOUT the printer for a receipt ( that DOES NOT Verify the Actual vote ).
NUMEROUS WiFi Signals PRESENT.
Used an iPad for the Registration Book – WHICH I TOLD the POLL WORKER that I MISSED THE PAPER LEDGER and That my on Screen ” Electronic signature ” DOES NOT LOOK LIKE my Actual Signature. He Said that I was the First to say that.
FOLKS were about 30 in line and going STRONG.
FOLKS TELL Me how to download the screen shot of the WiFi to here – IF YOU WANT IT Sundance. Thanks, qrw
https://www.thecentersquare.com/indiana/bill-to-retrofit-indiana-paperless-voting-machines-by-2024-moves-forward/article_85963d8a-8e86-11ec-8eff-6b7e3c84d81f.html
I found this for Indiana – they have a form you can submit:
https://www.in.gov/sos/elections/voter-information/voters-rights/accessibility-and-fraud-grievance-line/
The Indiana Code KEEPS REFERRING To the PUBLIC LAW Codes for the ACTUAL WORDING for REQUIREMENTS.
CHASING THAT… ( DAMN LAWYERS )
Gotta say, RSBN Election nite coverage is superb.
Just occurred to me, PDJT will have a bench for possible VP choices; any of the MAGA candiates, that have endured this “test of fire” campaign, and yet have their midterm victory stolen from them.
Would rather they win, but, that is a positive viewpoint.
My Central Ohio precinct was the busiest I’ve seen in years. I usually vote after work, and there is never a long line, if there is any line at all. This year, there were probably 200 people ahead of me, which I have never seen before, and as I moved forward through the line, there was a steady stream of people coming in, so as I left, the line was just as long as when I had arrived. I live in a fairly blue area, so I’m not sure that’s a good thing.
My license was checked before I got a ballot, which was nice. I just hope the machine correctly recorded my choices.
I was also happy to see a statewide issue that would amend our state constitution to explicitly restrict voting to only US citizens who registered at least 30 days before the election. I hope it passes.
Lots of young voters in my area of Montana. All the ads for the House race were for Tranel (D), nothing for Zinke (R). Zinke favored in local poll though. We’ll see.
San Antonio TX.
Voted this afternoon.
No line at all.
No problems.
FiveThirtyEight projection in PA Senate race dramatically shifts to Oz — and GOP overall
Right now, they put Mehmet Oz’ odds of winning at 57%, but that appears to be a last-minute shift of significant proportion.
What the heck – where are the links for the election coverage?
You can get results here, when there are any. Right now, with 5 votes counted in NH, the Dem is winning (lol):
https://freespoke.com/election/2022?mtm_campaign=UL_Elections_ElectionsPortal_TRAFFIC_1&_branch_match_id=968462179062165668&utm_source=UL&utm_campaign=Elections&utm_medium=marketing&_branch_referrer=H4sIAAAAAAAAA8soKSkottLXTytKTS0uyM9O1UssKNDLyczL1q8qNs%2FL9iyO8ipNAgBmfyG9JgAAAA%3D%3D
I like real America news: https://americasvoice.news/
Seen elsewhere.
Democrat voting doesn’t begin in earnest until after midnight and the polling stations close.
South/Central OK at my usual voting place, many more people than “normal” inside and coming in as I left.
I would think a lot of interest in this county since I attended GOP and OK2A meetings for the last 4 or 5 months, and some meetings the rooms couldn’t hold everyone. If all those people showed up to vote today, then this already Red county should remain solidly red.
More people voting in Fall river county South Dakota than at the last election.
a lot of absentee voting plus lines
purple Wisconsin college city
#6 voter this morning in rural South Central Minnesota near New Ulm and out of 854 registered voters, by 6:00pm about 500 had voted for almost 60%. Most are voting straight GOP.
Infuriating. Hope Kari Lake overcome the cheat.
Voted today in V7 for Vega. Stopped at my polling place mid morning in between job site visits. Probably 30 people there. The only thing on the ballot was the Vega/Spamberger vote. I’m on the outskirts of Fredericksburg, so more rural than anything else and the Vega/Spamberger signs for the last month have probably been pretty even between the 2. Would like to be a teensy part of a flipped seat, I guess we’ll see.
BREAKING: Republican National Committee announces party is joining coalition lawsuit, seeking an emergency motion to extend poll hours in Maricopa County because “voting machines in over 25%” of locations experienced significant issues.
https://t.me/electionwizard/5117
WE can put men on the moon 60 years ago, but can’t have election machines operating consistently 60 years later?
Not buying it.
I took my “mail in ballot” for Harris County, TX (Houston) hand carried to the central counting HQ in the NRG Arena, near the old Astrodome.
Traffic was smooth, lots of people directing, plenty of parking, lots of helpers, the worker checked my ID, I signed the log book and watched him put my envelope in the steel lock box.
I think Attorney General Ken Paxton got them to straighten up and fly right. I hope.
Dis anyone see bidens gestapo at the polls today?
RACE ALERT: South Carolina Senator Tim Scott (R) has won re-election.
RACE ALERT: Kentucky Senator Rand Paul (R) has won re-election.
RACE ALERT: Representative Marjorie Taylor-Greene (R) wins re-election to the U.S. House in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District.
https://t.me/electionwizard/5120
here in oklahoma city…voted when i got off work.
turn out looked about like it was the last gov election.
i was #627.
starting to feel confident again that gov stitt keeps his seat.
and i’m hopeful….BIG RED is here!
Voted this morning at 10:30 in a very small, one traffic light, East texas town. 40 or so folks in line and a hour later still 40 folks in line. A steady flow of voters in a small conservative community. No hanky panky here for all 600 votes,
Was just in Linden last week. Home of my grandfather, great-grandparents and 2 great grandparents. May not be your town, but there are a LOT of 1-light towns over that way! Glad yours is a patriot town.👍🏻
OK Central Time, Cowboy-up and go to the polls before they close.
This could be our last chance to resolve this thing peacefully.
Go Vote !