One-stop votes rival general election

Submitted by ryanteaguebeckwith on April 22, 2008 - 10:43am.
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One-stop voting is rivaling turnout for a general election.

According to statistics compiled by the State Board of Elections at the request of Dome, the five-day total of ballots cast at one-stop sites is 45,429.

That's slightly less than the 57,250 for the five-day period between Oct. 19-23, 2006. But that was a general election.

By comparison, the 2006 primary saw just 7,688 votes cast at one-stop sites between April 13-17.

Put another way: One-stop voting turnout so far is six times what it was at a comparable point in the last primary.



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one-stop-voting.xls

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Re: One-stop votes rival general election

Submitted by liam on April 22, 2008 - 2:01pm.

2004 primary didn't have many competitive statewide races either, so it's still not a valid 1:1 comparison. This election will look more like the 2006 general.

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Re: One-stop votes rival general election

Submitted by UNChockeygirl on April 22, 2008 - 1:59pm.

Interesting that the only places open for one-stop voting are the cities where Obama is expected to get strong support. I wonder how that will affect the race.

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Re: One-stop votes rival general election

Submitted by gercohen on April 22, 2008 - 1:48pm.

I'm not being critical, it's great to see such a burst in civic interest. As early voting winds down in 10 days and you consider a followup, I hope they can give you 2004 vs 2008 stats!

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Re: One-stop votes rival general election

Submitted by ryanteaguebeckwith on April 22, 2008 - 12:49pm.

These are the numbers they had for me.

— RTB 

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Re: One-stop votes rival general election

Submitted by gercohen on April 22, 2008 - 12:31pm.

lgrafstein is correct, the 2004 primary would be a better benchmark against the 2008 primary, though I do not know if those comparative stats are available. Comparing with 2006 gives us a good idea something is going on, however. Your spreadsheet shows the Orange County turnout up 60-fold compared with the 2006 primary, fitting in with a national phonomenon of increased interest by young people.

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Re: One-stop votes rival general election

Submitted by lgrafstein on April 22, 2008 - 12:14pm.

The primary vote overall in 2006 was pretty miniscule because of the lack of statewide races, so I don't know that early voting in 2006 could be called a comparable period.

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