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For nightowls watching US election

bobbyjoe · 2004-11-02 19:10:38

Came accross this handy for anyone planing on staying up late tonight. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uselections2004/story/0,13918,1341533,00.html Midnight It is 7pm in the US eastern time zone and polls are closed in Georgia, Kentucky, Indiana, South Carolina, Virginia and Vermont. This is an easy start. The first five are…

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#302 03-11-2004 4:02am
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what time does boards go down at?

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#303 03-11-2004 4:04am
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The votes are just not moving. There is going to be one big bang later on tonight when they have finished counting.

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#304 03-11-2004 4:17am
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usually goes down at 3 04 am

went down when i was replying to you

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#305 03-11-2004 4:18am
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There's about eight "too close to call" states at this stage, it's getting messy. They (ITV I think) reckoned that those electoral votes added up to more than either of the candidates!

(Heh, I just flicked through EuroNews by mistake and "This Last Is Our Land" was on, followed by the Diebold flash animation where yerman couldn't vote for Kerry. So funny seeing them on the telly.)

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#306 03-11-2004 4:19am
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Why does it have to go down for so long, a bit of a pain. 196 -112 to Bush BBC. In the next ~hour we will find out the winner.

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#307 03-11-2004 4:20am
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therecklessone wrote:

Bush leads Ohio!

51.5% to 47.9%

BBC.

LOL he's been leading ohio for a couple of hours now iirc

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#308 03-11-2004 4:21am
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OfflerCrocGod wrote:

Why does it have to go down for so long, a bit of a pain. 196 -112 to Bush BBC. In the next ~hour we will find out the winner.

hope your right, i'm bolloxed

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#309 03-11-2004 4:24am
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so do I i can get back to spamming the other boards...

arent elections so exciting though!!! Nevada polls are now closed

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#310 03-11-2004 4:24am
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billy the squid wrote:

Why are they trying to delay the counting of the absentee votes

They are always the last votes to be counted the state of oregon is mail in only. so they all have to be gathered up first

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#311 03-11-2004 4:24am
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BBC - Pennsylvannia, Kerry doing well in suburbs as well as cities.

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#312 03-11-2004 4:25am
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unkel wrote:

LOL he's been leading ohio for a couple of hours now iirc

Glad I could amuse...

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#313 03-11-2004 4:28am
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bah just woke up to go to the bathroom

looks like bush is gonna win after all...
the american "people" have spoken.

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#314 03-11-2004 4:28am
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therecklessone wrote:

Glad I could amuse...

Not the same as making me happy though...

I've a bad feeling about Ohio, counting too slow for me, off to bed now (might pray in my dreams)

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#315 03-11-2004 4:28am
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on the west coast california poles still open for 30 mins, we might be in for a surprise for the first time ever the young 18-25 have registered and are voting in unprecedented #'s so we might be in for a very pleasent surprise.

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#316 03-11-2004 4:31am
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unkel wrote:

I've a bad feeling about Ohio, counting too slow for me, off to bed now (might pray in my dreams)

100,000 votes seoerate the two of 'em now.

52.3 vs 47.2 in favour of Bush.

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#317 03-11-2004 4:31am
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38 percent of precints have repoted

51 percent George bush
48 percent kerry

electoral votes

bush 193
kerry 112

scource BBC five live

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#318 03-11-2004 4:33am
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ABC: Ohio, Florida Pennsylvania not enough info to call. New Hampshire 48% in the count is 50/50

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#319 03-11-2004 4:33am
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nutkase wrote:

on the west coast california poles still open for 30 mins, we might be in for a surprise for the first time ever the young 18-25 have registered and are voting in unprecedented #'s so we might be in for a very pleasent surprise.

No that's not a surprise, that's expected. Cali is pretty much a certain blue state as is the rest of the west coast.

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#320 03-11-2004 4:33am
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nite nite lads just can't stay with it!! will check it out 'n the morning b4 college

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#321 03-11-2004 4:36am
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Florida will be called soon 86 percent of the votes in.

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#322 03-11-2004 4:36am
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my man nader is on giving a speech that there is no way the american people are going tolerate what is going on with impunity. he is talking about the future. ah well lets put on the rose coloured glasses

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#323 03-11-2004 4:37am
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Too close; the winner won't be picked tonight there are going to be legal challenges it may take DAYS. 193 - 112 to Bush BBC.

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#324 03-11-2004 4:38am
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I think Florida is in the bag for Bush, and Pennsylvania for Kerry. Which means a lot depends on Ohio. The MORI guy on ITV seems to think it'll go to Kerry, but the actual votes counted so far favour Bush slightly.

If Kerry gets Pennsylvania and Ohio but Bush gets Florida Kerry's got his work cut out. Exit polls seem to be under-estimating Bush vote at the moment, and then there's the absentee ballots.

At this stage I fear a Bush victory :eek: Hope it looks better in the morning.

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#325 03-11-2004 4:39am
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reality tv: we are looking at about a week, absentees law suits, and recounts in close states

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#326 03-11-2004 4:40am
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200,000 votes separate the two candidates in florida, but Dade county and Broward county have to vote.

hopefully the cock up last time around promped the african american communities to vote for kerry.

Nevada is one to watch too Bush wants to build a nuclear waste dump in nevada where as kerry plans to scrap that idea.

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#327 03-11-2004 4:41am
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Queues of 300 people are still at the polling station in the university of Miami. they have been waiting 6 hours to vote source BBC five lives

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#328 03-11-2004 4:45am
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On NNNNNOOOOOO some of the commentors are saying it could end in a dead heat 269 - 269 It will be civil war :eek: Two armies of lawyers.

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#329 03-11-2004 4:48am
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http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=198211

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#330 03-11-2004 4:48am
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Kerry leads Iowa (a key battleground state) with 11% of precincts reporting, 51.6/47.1.

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#331 03-11-2004 4:50am
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Networks in the US are beginning to call Pensylvania for kerry BBC

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