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Democrats continue to lead way in early voting
Early voting for Nov. 4 election continues through Oct. 31
Published Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008 | 8:27 a.m.
Updated Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008 | 2:18 p.m.
If everyone voted a straight party ticket, Democrats would seem to be taking an early lead in the partisan seats in Clark County, according to early voting figures.
Early voting for the Nov. 4 election, which began Saturday, shows that Democrats are flocking to the polls at a rate of more than two-to-one, compared to Republicans.
County-wide totals that are tallied each night show there have been 90,594 early votes cast since Saturday: 52,589 by Democrats, 23,633 by Republicans and 14,372 by those with no party affiliation.
Harvard Lomax, the county's registrar of voters, has said he was hoping that about half the expected 640,000 vote turnout, or 320,000 to 330,000 voters would cast their ballots early. There are 815,000 voters registered in the county and he's expecting about 80 percent of them to vote in the Nov. 4 election.
Early voting continues through Oct. 31 at 87 locations.
While Democrats have a heavy lead in early voting, Republicans have a slight edge in mail-in votes. Out of 19,597 mailed-in votes, 8,943 have been Republican, 8,247 have been Democrats and 2,407 had no party affiliated.
Here's a look at early voting trends in eight contested partisan races:
• In the 3rd Congressional District, which features a tight contest between incumbent Republican Jon Porter and Democrat Dina Titus, 28,850 Democrats, 15,062 Republicans and 8,544 voters with no party have cast ballots. For the mail-in votes from that district, 5,383 were Republicans, 4,479 were Democrats and 1,384 were from non-affiliated voters.
• The 2nd Congressional District has a race between incumbent Republican Dean Heller and Democrat Jill Derby. So far, 2,092 Democrats, 1,080 Republican and 693 voters with no party have cast ballots. The mailed votes came from 624 Republicans, 373 Democrats and 182 non-affiliated voters.
• The County Commission District District A race has a heated race between Republican Brian Scroggins and Democrat Steve Sisolak to take over the seat being vacated by Bruce Woodbury. Independent candidate Scott David Narter is also running. In that district, 10,657 Democrats, 6,259 Republicans and 3,348 voters with no party have cast ballots. The mailed votes came from 2,238 Republicans, 1,515 Democrats and 537 voters declaring no party.
• In the state Senate 6th District race, which features a battle between incumbent Republican Bob Beers and Democrat Allison Copening, 3,346 Democrats, 1,854 Republicans and 968 voters with no party affiliation have voted so far. The mailed votes in that district came from 892 Republicans, 742 Democras and 208 non-affiliated voters
• The state Senate 5th District race is between Democrat Shirley Breeden and incumbent Republican Joe Heck. In that district, 8,500 Democrats, 4,942 Republicans and 2,617 voters with no party affiliation have voted. Mailed vote: 1,338 Republicans, 1,078 Democrats and 318 non-affiliated.
• State Assembly District 21 features a contest between Republican Jon Ozark and Democrat Ellen Spiegel to represent the Green Valley area district. So far, the early voting turnout has been 1,710 Democrats, 958 Republicans and 548 voters with no party. Mailed vote: 348 Republicans, 282 Democrats and 76 voters declaring no party.
• The State Assembly Disrict 23 contest is between Democrat Allison Herr and Republican Melissa Woodbury. Early voting shows there have been 1,675 Democrats, 900 Republicans and 495 voters with no party who have cast ballots. Mailed vote: 319 Democrats, 236 Republicans and 88 voters with no party affiliation.
• State Assembly District 29 features newcomers Sean Fellows, a Republican and Democrat April Mastroluca. As of Tuesday, there were 2,260 Republicans, 1,224 Democrats and 657 voters with no party who have voted. Mailed vote: 254 Republicans, 205 Democrats and 57 voters declaring no party.
(Editor's note: This story has been corrected. In an earlier version, numbers in the State Assembly District 21 race were wrong. )
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What? No rightie comments here? Aw, they probably didn't want to read this story. LOL!
Spiking the ball on your own 20 yd line seems the "ticket", "johne".
Early voting was a early legislative push years ago by liberal groups like ACORN - so stories like this could help supress the vote. Make it SEEM like the lib was pulling away and conservative voters need not bother.
Good to identify yourself as such a lemming - getting right in-line with ACORN!
IMO, there should be NO vote count published until the final vote count, but this gives liberals the "shiver up your leg", I guess.
Thats what eight years of Bush and McCain will do for you.
NvMakz Here comes NvMakz with his right wing neo con hatemongering insulting comments that have little to do with anything. He has been so programmed by Rush(the junkie) and O Reilly (the idiot) he can't tell you one issue that is of relevance.
He won't tell you about the McCain supporter who was arrested in California yesterday for voter fraud, and it was not his first arrest for voter fraud. He will also not tell you about the Republican Party leader from western Arizona who was caught paying people to file fraudlent voter registrations. The only shiver being felt is by self entitled nit wits who know their cause is dead.
Socialism: The bailout was a socialist move that McCain could not get to Washinton to vote for quick enough.
Waiting in line for 4 hours to vote is a small price to pay when the option is 4 more years of McBush.
By the way, maybe we should start a "Moving Box Drive" for Bush/Cheney.
We can also recruit volunteer packers, movers and truck drivers.
Just a thought.
"Waiting in line for 4 hours to vote is a small price to pay when the option is 4 more years of McBush."
I have voted-by-mail for many, many years now. I can take my time, examine the ballot for days, and make my votes. I don't have to look behind me and see the line of fools standing in line waiting for my booth, when other options are available.
I'm FAR too busy, smart and savvy to stand in line for 4 hours. Aren't you?
NVMakz has an answer for everything. ACORN ACORN, Socialism Socialism, Ayers Ayers...blah blah blah. But fails, in fact does not even try, to address the disastrous monarchy in the Whitehouse that his party is solely responsible for.
So tell NVMakz, how's you 401K doing? How about the equity in your home? Got Bin Laden in your back yard? Find those WMDs in Iraq yet? Shall I go on? There is so much more to say about your abysmal King George and his corrupt family of goons.
Democrats are almost always ahead at first, there won't be this big of a difference on Nov 4th.
As for JohnyVegas, I agree, lets get all the big government people out of Washington. That is, afterall, what George Bush has ALWAYS been about.
Hee hee hee - President Obama it is! Keep the momentum going - vote today! Going to be a lot of celebrating going on November 4th!
Everybody -- Republican and Democrat -- should read this:
http://www.ldsmag.com/ideas/081017light....
"I'm FAR too busy, smart and savvy to stand in line for 4 hours. Aren't you?"
And modest too. LMAO!
President Hussein....the 1st Socialist President of the USA....will generate trillion dollar budget deficits.
Homer, Why is it that you, and most other liberals, prefer to spout off on these message boards without citations or facts? If you will notice, NvMakz even highlights the word 'SEEM'. It 'seems' he is not citing fact, merely opinion. Also, please identify what is insulting about his post(s).
That being said, I did some quick research before I decided to post. Have you verified the alleged fraud in California was committed by a 'McCain supporter'? If you are speaking of Mr. Jacoby, both FoxNews and the Guardian.UK (no other organizations seem to be reporting the issue), claim him to be a 'California Republican operative', NOT a McCain campaign worker. This does automatically make him a McCain supporter. He merely works for the California Republican Party. I know several people who work/volunteer for their respective party at the county, state or national level and do not support the party ticket from top to bottom. Thus, they are not necessarily Obama, McCain, Titus, Porter, Berkley, Wegner, Derby or Heller supporters based on party affiliation. It is irresponsible on your part to assume this. Obama, on the other hand actually worked for ACORN. He has an actual association with the group. No other comments are necessary.
As for johnevegas, most of us 'righties' choose not to read the Sun except to occasionally verify its blatantly left-wing slant.
nevadapoliticsbydan.blogspot.com
Hey R_Linn, thanks for the link to the supposedly unbiased article written by an avidly right-wing conservative Mormon.
Unfortunately, I found it to be very biased in a very predictable way. It's amazing that anyone would call what he wrote "journalism" AND include verbaige about how everyone else is lying.
I can see why his specialty is Science Fiction.
You're welcome!
Al Qaeda Heard From
Joby Warrick and Karen DeYoung write in The Washington Post: "Al-Qaeda is watching the U.S. stock market's downward slide with something akin to jubilation, with its leaders hailing the financial crisis as a vindication of its strategy of crippling America's economy through endless, costly foreign wars against Islamist insurgents. . . .
"'Al-Qaeda will have to support McCain in the coming election,' said a commentary posted Monday on the extremist Web site al-Hesbah, which is closely linked to the terrorist group. It said the Arizona Republican would continue the 'failing march of his predecessor,' President Bush."
"President Hussein....the 1st Socialist President of the USA....will generate trillion dollar budget deficits."
Way to take the high road. Wow. And also, very damaging to his reputation and I am sure you are changing voter's minds.
Please lets have some more about how he is a terrorist and such...
You know, I know a guy in the tabloid business... I could get you a job.
"Obama would be the most anti gun president in American History."
http://www.gunbanobama.com/
The NRA supports McCain-Palin and so do I.
I guess the Dems do not care that they will be generating trillion dollar annual deficits.
"I guess the Dems do not care that they will be generating trillion dollar annual deficits."
Meanwhile...back in real life, GWB has generated a 10 trillion dollar national debt. Good thing we spent that money so effectively. You know, killing innocent people and catching Bin Laden, etc...
But it doesn't mean, the majority of Democrats are voting for "Obama?"
DWOLLAM- Good reading!...I agree with your post!
To many lefties, do "assume" and yet they fail to do their own research to back them!
Johnevegas- "Meanwhile...back in real life, GWB has generated a 10 trillion dollar national debt. Good thing we spent that money so effectively. You know, killing innocent people and catching Bin Laden, etc..."
How soon you forget about "9/11" the 3000 Americans who died that day? Looks like Bin Laden who funded the terrorist, killed 3000 innocent Americans! Shame on you! The Dems are just as bad as the terrorist, if they vote for Obama! Obama, will help America be destroyed if he wins this election!
Did you hear about a woman, who was at the ATM and this guy, who seems to be a supporter for Obama, made this woman give him money and since he noticed, she had a McCain bumper sticker, he knocked her to the ground and carved a "B" onto her face and he was saying a bunch of Anti-McCain nonsense! And it goes to show you, what kind of Obama supporters there are! What a SHAME!
What a choice - 4 more years of essentially the same repugnacant rhetoric or terrorist wolf in sheeps clothing occupying the White House - wow , what choices we face
Vote "C" - NONE OF THE ABOVE
Cayce, this is one Dem who isn't voting for Obama, but come to think of it I'm not voting for McCain either......I can't, in good conscience, give my vote to either of these candidates - guess it's gonna have to be the independent candidate since there's no 'Choice C - None of the above'. At some point this country is going to have to realize we need more than these 2 corrupt Parties.
Nice unsourced hearsay that you pimp out as truth. Nice fearmongering. Where, when, who? Sounds like that would be national news.
"How soon you forget about "9/11" the 3000 Americans who died that day?"
Your sentiments not mine. I continue to be disgusted by GWB's lack of action to prevent that horrific day.
"Looks like Bin Laden who funded the terrorist, killed 3000 innocent Americans! Shame on you!"
An old worn out and very sad tactic. Get a life fool. I'm an American who loves my country, and you sir are pathetic.
"The Dems are just as bad as the terrorist, if they vote for Obama! Obama, will help America be destroyed if he wins this election!"
You know, it's really okay to be afraid of black people. They understand people like you, and so do I. Calm down, everything will be okay. I promise, if we can survive being Bushwhacked, we can survive anything.
redferret
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/26...
Even if it's not true, it's not that hard to believe.
No need to look to the news for the rage seething within this country. I've seen it first hand here in Las Vegas.
My good friend is one of those California volunteers who came to Nevada to help with the Obama campaign. She has been verbally accosted repeatedly and threatened for supporting him. It happens every single day on the streets of Summerlin folks. Big brave men verbally accosting a female volunteer. Sometimes groups of them follow her down the street, yelling and threatening her.
This fine American has devoted an entire month of her life, expenses, time off work, and countless hours in support of your state. And yet, her welcome here has been pathetic, though she is a shining example of the best of America, and one of the finest people I have ever met. Absolutely nothing but compassion emanates from her.
Frankly, I've had enough with the terrorist garbage and "Obama hates America". To me, as I've said one thousand times here, it is nothing more than the worst of politics and in many cases outright racism. This is so far out of bounds it's incredible. Absolutely incredible.
"But it doesn't mean, the majority of Democrats are voting for "Obama?""
Uh, yeah, it does. Duh.
And, cayce? Too late on that "destroy America" thing. Dubya & Co. have already taken care of that, so you really needn't run around screaming AHHHHHHHHHHH 9/11 AHHHHHHHHHHH TERRATERRATERRA AHHHHHHHHHHH.
We must be closer to Election Day than I thought ... your posts read like something right out of the "news" in flyover country. FEAR FEAR FEAR FEAR FEAR TERRA TERRA TERRA TERRA TERRA.
But as long as we're on the subject, just whatever DID dear King George do about bin Laden anyway? Huh? He's had how long and how many wars now and WHERE IS BIN LADEN, cayce? WHERE IS HE???
As to car_1's link ... appears to be dead. Can't even get to the main site without an error. Went thru Google cached to find that main page. About all you can find out about is about the "blogger" who posted it .... reporting from Toronto, Canada ... a "citizen reporter". Uh, OK on that one.
Finally able to get to the "story" and frankly, I doubt it's true (even with the "picture"). A big story like that and no one save for a "citizen reporter" from Toronto, Canada (?!?!?!) picked it up? I mean, not even Fox "news"?
Oh and car_1: "Even if it's not true, it's not that hard to believe."
And just why is that? Care to enlighten us all? Is this what is passing for logic and rationale with you people these days?
You are absolutely an abomination to humanity with that one statement.
re "McCain worker says man scratched 'B' into her face"
Oops! Ashley Todd is just another right wing liar caught by technology.
"Police planned to administer a polygraph test to Ashley Todd, 20, because her statements about the attack conflict with evidence from the Citizens Bank ATM where she claims the incident occurred, police said."
http://pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtr...
Maybe the California volunteer worker is one of those people who keep ignoring posted signs like 'no trespassing, no soliciting' and instead continue to sneak into gated PRIVATE communities and when caught can only come up with "I'm not selling anything"....like soliciting only pertains to selling a PRODUCT?? If that's the case then she deserves any hostility she receives. And I can only promise that if I catch them in my community I won't hesitate to have them arrested for trespassing. Many of these volunteers are teenagers who aren't even old enough to vote and don't even fully understand the definition of the word soliciting and as typical of many teenagers these days they certainly don't understand the meaning of the word NO.
I'm positive they do....Acorn and all!
Hey you want a marxist in the white house? Ok...see who fills the casino's then!
No Obama's socialism isn't a smear....IT'S A FACT! The DEM. SOCIALIST OF AMERICA NEWSLETTER
http://newzeal.blogspot.com/2008/10/obam...
Which is it, Guankung ... marxism or socialism?
LOL. Not one of you little 'bots even knows what any of it means ..... all you "know" is what you're TOLD to know.
The dumbing down of 'murica is pretty well complete. Hope you're all happy with the ignorance stew you've left to fester.
PatriciaLV, it's the scary word of the day contest!
OMG! "'murica" ROTFLMAO!
I'm gonna drop $200 at the Green Valley Ranch on November 5th just so Guankung is wrong. :)
johnevegas, "'murica" comes from the penchant of those in flyover country to shout to the hilltops what GOOD 'MURICANS and GOOD CHRISTIANS they all are (as they lie, cheat and steal on their tax returns etc. and definitely do NOT love thy neighbor as themselves unless of course the aforementioned neighbor thinks, acts, looks, sounds and dresses jes' like they do).
JMHO, of course.
Aside: Have you ever seen that all-too-telling picture titled "Morans"? OMG. Google the image. I'll hear you laughing.
Good luck at GVR :)