Last Tuesday I entered my polling center which is located i the building where I live. For the second time this year I was told that my name was not listed with the other voters and it had been removed. I asked them why this happened and was told that they did not know.

I register yet I am not permitted to vote nor is my paper vote counted judging by the letter I received from the Board of Elections on Varick Street.

I am receiving jury duty notices yet I am not allowed to vote. No one is giving me a valid reason and will not tell me a darn thing. What can I do?

oh come on, everyone, do some homework before you take Tim Robbins word about anything. From the 11/4/2008 New York Times "City Room" blog:

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/04/tim-robbins-encounters-confusion-at-the-polls/?scp=2&sq=tim%20robbins&st=cse

"...Late Tuesday afternoon, Valeria Vazquez Rivera, a spokeswoman for the city’s Board of Elections, said that Mr. Robbins actually had two registrations on file one under the name Tim Robbins and the other under the name Timothy Robbins with two different addresses, one of them outdated. The duplicate record appeared to have been the cause of the mix-up involving Mr. Robbins."

So Robbins' problems were apparantly of his own making. Good job, Tim! And how many voters did *you* delay yesterday while you were at the McBurney "Y", Tim?

Just remember this variation of Occam's Razor when it comes to politics and government:

Never attribute something to conspiracy when it can easily be explained by incompetence and/or ignorance (in this case, incompetence of the *voter*)

I don't know what Tim is crying about.

This Obama supporter admits he voted twice!

All hail the Cult of Obama. THE ONE has been elected. Nam Myoho Renge Kyo Obama.

Hey Tim could you please redistribute some of your wealth to me? I'll send you my address and you can send me a monthly check personally. Thanks in advance

I find it absolutely astonishing when these liberal, wining, overly pampered, pain in the backside actors believe they need to step up to the proverbial plate, voice their political opinions and expect the world to stop an listen, especially you Tim Robbins. Somehow you believe that America sincerely cares about you and your self-important, elaborately-worded rhetoric which only succeeds in making you sound more pretentious than you already are.



You live in a fantasy world with your multi-million dollar homes, exotic cars and plastic woman, believing that you’re just simple everyday Joe who everyone adores and that America will embrace every little bit of crap that comes out of your mouth simply because of who you are. The truth is Tim, we don’t care... you’re not real, and quite frankly your an embarrassment. You want all of us to believe that you are no different, yet when a problem occurs like today, you make it out to be some frickin' conspiracy. Suddenly it’s all about you, and because you’re Tim Robbins the world must stop and correct itself, just for you.



Today was a simple mistake that most likely will happen to democrats and republican alike. I know you feel more important than all of us, but your not. The evil empire and its flag that you so willingly choose to live under, did not conspire to cause you grief, it happens, welcome to the real world Tim, it stinks being a common Joe doesn't it...

Timmy Robbins is your typical left wing Obama cult member who thinks he is better than everyone because he is part of Hollywood.

well, now i know what happened to me this morning. I wasn't on the roll in my precinct even though i looked myself up in the NYS voter registration database yesterday and went to the polling place they told me to. I didn't notice that little line that said "Vote registration status: inactive".

I filed a paper affidavit ballot but man, i wish i had calld election protection first. i just did so now, fully intending to go all Tim Robbins on a judge after work, but they told me i couldn't petition to pull a lever after i'd already submitted an affidavit ballot.

They said they're keeping record of everybody from New York who's called in with this problem.

It just blows my mind that this wasn't bigger news before the election.

And I'm doubly pissed that i was IN A DMV on that last friday that you could register to vote in New York state, replacing a lost driver's licence. I updated my address with the DMV and with the board of elections at hte same time (on the same form) but never had new election material mailed to me confirming my new address and new polling site.

just disgraceful, shameful, infuriating incompetence and beurocratic failure. is there somebody i can punch for this?

I think no one ever proved anyne "accidentally" voted for Buchanan, but as you pointed out a Democrat would have been the cause of it.

It's a good thing he didn't get to frisky or they would have put his ass back in Shawshank.

Kevinsmith5: A democrat was responsible for the butterfly ballot in West Palm Beach, election 2000. That was responsible for 18,000 votes for Pat Buchanan. How close was that election?

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someone probably registered in tims name and could not be verified. Thanks ACORN

To be honest, I moved about 3 months ago. But decided not to update my address until after the election, thinking about any possible mixed up. I have family that still reside at my old address so I don't see it as a huge issue.

I voted on the primaries in under 10 minutes, I'm hoping to have the same experience with the big one!

Aren't pretty much all the elections officials in that district (and County) Democrats? Wouldn't that mean that is there was a foul-up it was on the part of Democrats? I think alot of people tend to forget that these precincts are run by local officials, so if they screw things up it is the locals, in this case Democrats, who screw it up.

It might be worht noting that the Acorn voter registrations that caused so many problems often invloved them using the names of celebrities on the fake card they filled out. What if someone getting paid by the registration used Robbins name?

MS - that is the most ignorant comment. In 2000, 20,000 voters were purged from Florida by Katherine Harris a Republican. In 2004, thousands of voters were purged by Ken Blackwell another Republican in charge of Ohio's election. Reports of this year's shenanigans are just as bad.

The fact that a handful of Acorn registrations were bogus doesn't rise to the level. Not even close.

I live on the same block as Tim and Susan - I see them all the time. I vote at the McBurney Y, too. They have lived quietly in the neighborhood and advocated for the neighborhood for 15 years. They are good neighbors.

My next door neighbors were voting today at the same time as Tim Robbins. They said Tim was not yelling; he was annoyed but not obnoxious and was not rude to the workers. And Robbins on TMZ does point out that he's lucky that he has the time (4 hours!) to be able to make this right - too many people don't. So ease up and focus on the issue, as zodak says.

Well, the ACORN voters will counter this. All evens out or tilts Democratic in the end.

i'm amazed that more people care about robbins being a douche than they do about the point that he brought up:

if people are being removed IN NYC, A BLUE STATE, then people are being screwed in battleground states & the repugnicans might steal another election.

seriously, stop hating & get a clue.

freakin Bull Durham is one of my favorite movies of all time.

when do they purge you from the rolls?

Bozack - that's a bs answer if there ever was one. I'm unaffilliated, independent or whatever they call it these days so I obviously didn't vote in the primary but my name was there in the registry today.

And as much as that sucks for Tim Robbins I can totally envision him acting like an asshole to the point where he was making it impossible for anyone else to vote. There is only so much a poll worker can do so in the end he did the right thing by going to 200 Varick although perhaps he could have called first.

Good thing Obama is going to win because otherwise we would have to hear Robbins tell this story over and over.