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Rhode Island

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts) Fri Nov 16, 2018, 11:31 AM Nov 2018

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Tiny Rhode Island polling place saw 1 voter after all

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A polling place that Rhode Island elections officials initially said did not get a single voter during the midterm elections did get one voter after all. Precinct 2807 in Providence has just 14 registered voters.

The state Board of Elections website for days showed that none of them cast a ballot Nov. 6.

But a city spokesman tells the Providence Journal the polling station warden was in the process of shutting down the machine when a voter showed. As happens with all votes not counted by a machine, the ballot was placed in an envelope and delivered to the Board of Elections to be manually counted.

That lone voter chose all Democrats and approved all three statewide ballot questions.

Four people cast ballots in the precinct in the 2016 presidential election.

(14 registered voters and 1 voted)

https://www.apnews.com/8bcb274ede9a441eb9a81fbda54ba452

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Tiny Rhode Island polling place saw 1 voter after all (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Nov 2018 OP

An THAT was the poll worker.... Crutchez_CuiBono Nov 2018 #1

New England has no stinkin' use for Republicans JenniferJuniper Nov 2018 #2

We can all come over and help. Crutchez_CuiBono Nov 2018 #4

1 person BLUE WAVE underpants Nov 2018 #3

And yet there are polling places where thousands and thousands AJT Nov 2018 #5

Dodge City, Kansas, 12,000 voters one polling place tikka Nov 2018 #6

And a statewide average of 1,200 voters per polling place. LakeSuperiorView Nov 2018 #7

Crutchez_CuiBono

(7,725 posts)

1. An THAT was the poll worker....

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Fri Nov 16, 2018, 11:33 AM

Nov 2018

at least the person chose the right party. Heh heh.

JenniferJuniper

(4,547 posts)

2. New England has no stinkin' use for Republicans

Reply to Crutchez_CuiBono (Reply #1)

Fri Nov 16, 2018, 11:39 AM

Nov 2018

Start packing, Susan Collins.

Crutchez_CuiBono

(7,725 posts)

4. We can all come over and help.

Reply to JenniferJuniper (Reply #2)

Fri Nov 16, 2018, 11:42 AM

Nov 2018

Milk toast, vote for sale, Collins...gotta go.

underpants

(186,671 posts)

3. 1 person BLUE WAVE

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Fri Nov 16, 2018, 11:41 AM

Nov 2018

AJT

(5,240 posts)

5. And yet there are polling places where thousands and thousands

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Fri Nov 16, 2018, 11:52 AM

Nov 2018

wait in line for hours to vote.....seems fair.

tikka

(778 posts)

6. Dodge City, Kansas, 12,000 voters one polling place

Reply to AJT (Reply #5)

Fri Nov 16, 2018, 01:12 PM

Nov 2018

in a minority majority town in very republican controlled state

LakeSuperiorView

(1,533 posts)

7. And a statewide average of 1,200 voters per polling place.

Reply to tikka (Reply #6)

Sat Nov 17, 2018, 02:27 AM

Nov 2018

When pressed for answers why there are not more polling places in Dodge city, officials essentially said "We can't".

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