Isn't that the voting place of soccer moms and dog owners?

In a message dated 10/28/2004 3:09:29 PM Eastern Daylight Time, "Turner,Kathleen" 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>This is really low, even for you, Matt.
>
>What I had heard is that, in order to shorten the lines at all the local polling 
>places for the hoards of Democrats expected to vote, that all Republicans in 
>University City are required to vote at the intersection of 44th and Regent Streets.
>
>Kathleen
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: 'Naomi'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: 10/28/2004 3:06 PM
>Subject: RE: [UC] Absentee Ballots?
>
>I have been hearing the same things about absentee ballot problems.
>Five people (four Republicans and one Democrat) have contacted me with
>information that they applied for absentee ballots weeks ago and had
>still not received them.  I checked with the Commissioner's office and
>was told that they had no record of an application from one and that the
>other four had been sent out, but possibly not until last weekend.  Two
>of them arrived two days ago and were returned.  The other two had not
>been received as of last night.
>
>As much as I would like to have said that this was a conspiracy by the
>two Democratic Commissioners to suppress the Republican vote, I suspect
>that it is simply overwork and incompetence.  If we ever elect a
>majority of Republicans to the City Commission, we could expect a step
>up in competence.
>
>You should let your friends know that due to the large number of new
>registrations, the state Bureau of Elections has made some important
>changes in the election day procedures to make things flow more smoothly
>and to accomodate the large numbers of people who want to vote.  For
>this election, only Republicans will vote on November 2nd, only
>Democrats will vote on November 3rd and on November 4th non-partisans
>and anyone who had not voted before will vote.  I think it will hurt the
>Republican chances of taking Pennsylvania as we have to vote first and
>the Democrats will then have a pretty good idea of how many votes they
>will need to overcome the Repulican vote.  We'll see how it works.
>
>Remember to remind your non-Republican friends that they will vote on
>either November 3rd or November 4th.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Matt Wolfe
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Naomi
>Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 12:57 PM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: [UC] Absentee Ballots?
>
>
>Has anyone else applied for an absentee ballot? If so, have you received
>it yet?
>
>A co-worker filed for one close to a month ago (well with in the time
>frame) and has yet to receive her ballot - which is due back tomorrow. I
>have heard this story from a number of other people - all registered
>democrats in Philadelphia. My co-worker's phone calls have resulted in a
>lot of run-around. One person at the office handling the absentee
>ballots did tell her that her ballot was sent out Wednesday a week ago
>and must have been lost in the mail. But would not send out another. The
>other missing absentee ballots are unexplained.
>
>Before we get to far into the conspiracy theory, I wanted to know if
>anyone else is experiencing any difficulty in getting their absentee
>ballots? Or has anyone applied for an absentee ballot and received it
>with no problems?
>
>Thanks!
>
>Naomi
>
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