Comments on: Officials: Up to 35,000 Sonoma County ballots still to be counted

By: Que Sera

Que Sera — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 13:59:06 +0000

With 24 employees working 8 hours a day it should take about a day and a half to complete counting of all ballots at a reasonalble pace!

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By: GAJ

GAJ — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:35:57 +0000

How can Levine claim victory with tens of thousands of votes yet to be counted and with an under 500 vote margin??

Bizarre.

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By: MOCKINGBIRD

MOCKINGBIRD — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:57:08 +0000

We had 186 absentee ballots turned in where I worked and 400 people walking in to vote. I’ve worked that polling place for years and I can say that was an outstanding turnout. It’s a small polling place and we usually have lots of boring lag time. Not this time. I’m proud of Sonoma County residents.

Lots of people we had to send away because they weren’t registered. Many said they registered through the DMV. That needs to be investigated. Some also did not show up on the rolls yet I recognized them from the primary election. We gave them provisional ballots but that also needs to be investigated.

Overall things went well.

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By: Vinyl Rules

Vinyl Rules — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 04:19:51 +0000

I fail to see why Assemblymember Allen would concede now with so many outstanding votes. He may not overtake Levine, but why throw in the towel with tens of thousands of still uncounted votes?

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By: Reality Check

Reality Check — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 04:05:27 +0000

Schnur has a fair point. It would be worth it to accept an extra day or two of vote counting in exchange for increased voter turnout. But 31 days more?

Most of this would be eliminated if we required registration verification before election day. I appreciate the inconvenience involved, but the sanctity of our elections are worth a little inconvenience, I think.

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By: Critic at Large

Critic at Large — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 03:54:46 +0000

Why does all of this smell like the hanging chad elections of Florida fame?

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