Voting NYC

Is anybody planning to vote in the primaries? They're just around the corner.

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uptowngirl 2yrs+

@Uraniumfish I can't vote but have been following Reshma Saujani's campaign simply because she is of South Asian origin and its rare to see someone like her on the political scene.

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uptowngirl 2yrs+

@Uraniumfish I can't vote but have been following Reshma Saujani's campaign simply because she is of South Asian origin and its rare to see someone like her on the political scene.

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Uraniumfish 2yrs+

What is she running for?

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uptowngirl 2yrs+

@Uraniumfish She was running for the 2010 Democratic primary for the U.S. House of Representatives in New York's 14th congressional district against incumbent Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney. She lost in spite of having some heavy weights backing here
http://blogs.forbes.com/meghabahree/2010/09/15/lady-gaga-can-challenge-superstars-but-not-so-in-new-york-city-politics/

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NeverSleeps 2yrs+

Did they happen already? I honestly forgot all about the primaries. I guess I am more concerned with the general election...

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uptowngirl 2yrs+

@NeverSleeps the primaries took place last week

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Uraniumfish 2yrs+

This was the first time I ever voted in primaries. I'm on a concerned citizens kick these days and figured I should participate in my democracy!

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Uraniumfish 2yrs+

There were a lot of concerns and complaints about the new voting machines:

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/14/problems-reported-with-new-voting-machines/

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uptowngirl 2yrs+

@Uraniumfish I too read those reports and was a bit amused because I thought faulty voting machines were just a third world ill.

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Uraniumfish 2yrs+

@uptowngirl It's a big, big issue since the 2000 elections, and the government has created a 3 billion dollar budget since then to buy new machines! The machines that gave trouble during these last primaries were totally primitive, though. Basically, just scanners. You still fill out the ballots by hand, by bubbling in. Now THAT is primitive.

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ajadedidealist 2yrs+

My God - Carolyn B. Maloney has been around FOREVER! I remember her name being bandied about when I was a tyke - if I'm remembering rightly. Which reminds me to send away for my absentee ballot!