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Our Party BlogHave your say about all things democraticOctober 30, 2008PAUL SMITH ON HIGH VOTER TURNOUT: THE ECONOMY HAS AWAKENED A SLEEPING GIANT
At Chattanoogan.com, our own Paul Smith (a 2008 Kefauver Award Winner & HCDP Board Member) spoke to the online news source today. Here's the article quoted below.There was a crush of voters at all three local early voting sites in Hamilton County on Thursday - the last day to cast early ballots before the Nov. 4 presidential election. "I've been voting for 50 years and I've never seen anything like this," said veteran political observer Paul Smith. He said, "At Brainerd, they are around the building and in the parking lot. There's a two-hour wait. It's the same way at Northgate Mall and at the election office." Charlotte Mullis-Morgan, assistant election administrator, said by 5:30 p.m. that 4,000 had already voted on Thursday. She said at 8 p.m. staff members will go to the end of the lines and tell those who arrive afterwards, they will need to vote next Tuesday. There had already been more than 61,000 early votes cast here at the end of Wednesday. Mr. Smith said he expects close to 100,000 to vote in Hamilton County on Tuesday. The county has 205,000 registered voters. Mr. Smith said, "I think people are frightened. The economy has awakened a sleeping giant. "We are fighting a two-phase war and peoples' 401Ks are losing value. That is generating a lot of fright." Post a Reply... Most Recent Posts: 12/14: Bailes: "I am taking a new job in California" 12/11: Holiday Fest Rescheduled: Party Rescheduled for January Inauguration 12/05: Three EVENTS FOR THE WINTER HOLIDAYS! 12/05: Obama '08: The First Open Source Campaign 12/03: Thanks to Hamilton County volunteers who helped Jim Martin 11/19: Make History Again: Help Us Elect Jim Martin to the U.S. Senate 11/11: Thanks to the Hundreds Who Worked 11/11: Celebrating Veterans Day~November 11 11/05: You Did It! You Made History! 11/04: Go Vote! 10/31: NOW FOR OUR FINAL PUSH! WHAT CAN YOU DO? 10/30: Paul Smith on High Voter Turnout: The Economy Has Awakened a Sleeping Giant 10/30: Vote Straight Down the Ticket: Obama, Tuke, Berke, Favors, and Brown 10/29: Watch HCDP's "Call To Vote" Commercial Tonight on CBS, Just Before Obama 10/29: Setting New Records: Over 55,000 Have Voted Early! 10/28: Join Us on Election Night at the Chattanooga Choo Choo 10/27: Message to the Hamilton County Democratic Party from Governor Phil Bredesen 10/27: Paul Smith~One of Our Two 2008 Estes Kefauver Award Winners 10/27: Annie Hall~One of Our Two 2008 Estes Kefauver Award Winners 10/24: Only Takes $5 to Make a Difference |
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