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The polls are open and it's time for you to cast your votes for the various races. Find your voting place here or call 311; report concerns about voting fraud to 1-866-VOTE NYC. Here's the Guide for the Last Minute Voter from Gotham Gazette.
Pollsters are expecting a "fairly robust turnout" for the midterms. There are much more heated big elections in NJ and Connecticut, as the unexpectedly big race in NY is the State Comptroller race. (Democrats are expected to sweep in NY State, though.) This may be the last year for the old voting machines in NY, and here's a funny picture of Andrew Cuomo laying a wet one on Hillary Clinton's cheek. Oh, and William Wachtel wonders why Tuesday is Election Day in the Daily News.
We'll update with results and other Election Day factoids later today. If you're voting later today and are curious about endorsements from the papers, here they are from the NY Times and NY Sun, Daily News, and Newsday. (We can't find an endorsement recap from the Post, but they endorsed Eliot Spitzer, Hillary Clinton, Chris Callaghan for Comptroller, Andrew Cuomo for Attorney General - and here are the Congressional endorsements.)
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I have found among my peers and otherwise, the people who bitch the most about bad politicians etc are the ones who never vote and are proud to say "I don't vote, what's the point?"
You can't bitch, if you don't vote!
I am just glad the damn campaign ads have stopped. The New Jersey ones were really bad. Pirro and Hevesi's scandal deflecting ads were less worse than those from the other side of the river.
The only good ad was from the Connecticut senate race and was a "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" inspired ad from Ned Lamont, which of course in this digital age can be found on YouTube. No matter what your politics, I think you can find it a clever ad.
I agree about feeling relieved the NJ campaign ads will stop. Also, I couldn't even understand what Menendez was saying on the tapes in Kean's negative ads. It was all confusing!
Have to agree with edEx. People should take the time to be counted and Vote.
Will Gothamist formerly endorse candidates in the future??
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Toby, I liked this one.
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I find it quite the opposite. When I turned 18 all my college classmates voted. I think it's because they've seen their parents vote republican every year and they did the same. Yes, they did vote republican. That's cause they're rich and have no fear of losing their job taking time off to vote. Rich people don't have to worry bout stuff like that. And, they don't need to show ID to vote. OK, that was a jab.
Alright, alright. So I've voted. Now my friends and I are wondering if there are any bars where like-minded (liberal) election geeks will be gathering to watch the Democrats retake the House. Anyone know of someplace suitable in Manhattan or Brooklyn.
In today's Post, they had a feature on two bars.
One liberal, One conservative. Same owners
Bounce at E73 and Second, republican
Bounce Deuce at E6 and Second, democrat
Have fun. Better female to male ratio in BD.
if there are any bars where like-minded (liberal) election geeks will be gathering to watch the Democrats retake the House.
Showing of the love of diversity and tolerance of others I see.
"Showing of the love of diversity and tolerance of others I see."
That's it, get the waterboard.
PARTY!!!!
TWO ELECTION PARTIES, ART & POLITICS
Pick your poison: do one or both, go east to west, west to east:
ART: White Box Gallery [Billionaires performed here 2004 election
night, footage in WB Archive, and in http://GetOnTheLimo .com]
POLITICS: DFNYC, DL21C, Cosmpolity, etc, [Billionaire Arch Enemies]
ART:
WHITE BOX Biennale Election Watch Party
Tuesday, Nov. 7th 8:30pm-12am
[also closing reception for Iraq for Sale: War Profiteers]
WHITE BOX Gallery
525 WEST 26TH STREET
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10001 - USA
TEL 212.714.2347
info@whiteboxny. org
http://www.whitebox ny.org/news/ news_index. html
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POLITICS:
DFNYC Election Night Victory Party!
Start: Tue, 11/07/2006 - 8:00pm
DFNYC, with our co-hosts CapitolD, Cosmopolity. org, DL21C, New
Democratic Majority and the BLUE FUND present an election night
viewing party to celebrate our statewide and national victories!
Live blogging (feel free to bring your laptops), lots of TVs, a full dinner menu, WiFi and drink specials!!
Park Avenue Country Club
381 Park Avenue South at 28th Street
http://www.dfnyc. org/cms/node/ 87755