{"id":1540,"date":"2006-11-07T16:36:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-07T16:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/11\/i-voted-straight-republican.html"},"modified":"2006-11-07T16:36:00","modified_gmt":"2006-11-07T16:36:00","slug":"i-voted-straight-republican","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/11\/i-voted-straight-republican.html","title":{"rendered":"I Voted!  Straight Republican"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And no to all the constitutional amendments.  Did you know that in NJ they want to use a part of the sales tax to relieve the property tax?  If a Republican tried this there would be shouts of tax cuts for the rich at the expense of the poor but since it&#8217;s Democrats, you don&#8217;t hear anything.We&#8217;ve had electronic voting for a number of years now and I&#8217;ve never had any problems with it.  The rest of the country should use our type of machines because there appears to be problems in other states like <a href=\"http:\/\/hughhewitt.townhall.com\/g\/d999fe0e-305e-44b0-b6dd-6d6a7d26a7fe\">PA<\/a>.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/2006\/11\/07\/D8L8EQR00.html\">Here&#8217;s<\/a> a story of a guy who hit the voting machine.  And <a href=\"http:\/\/michellemalkin.com\/archives\/006301.htm\">Michelle Malkin<\/a> posted the voting experiences of some of her readers.And of course this wouldn&#8217;t be an election without Democratic shenanigans.  They can&#8217;t win with ideas so why not use their power to make sure people can&#8217;t vote.  I thought it was important to make sure that every vote counted but there wasn&#8217;t enough ballots in NM in heavily Republican districts:<object height=\"350\" width=\"425\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/4XIGmIOq_NE\"><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/4XIGmIOq_NE\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\" height=\"350\" width=\"425\"><\/object>Poll observer not allowed into the polling places in PA:<object height=\"350\" width=\"425\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/f-HK_VT81Pk\"><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/f-HK_VT81Pk\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\" height=\"350\" width=\"425\">A poll worker telling people to vote Democrat in PA:<object height=\"350\" width=\"425\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/krfHv8xYLyU\"><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/krfHv8xYLyU\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\" height=\"350\" width=\"425\"><\/object>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redstate.com\/\">Redstate<\/a>)<a href=\"http:\/\/www.humanevents.com\/rightangle\/index.php?p=17811\">Here<\/a> is a list of some of the early indicator races.  If these go Republican early, we can relax a little.Rove was on Hannity and is still optimistic.  He is making me feel a little better.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tag_list\">Tags: <span class=\"tags\"><a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/elections\" rel=\"tag\">elections<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/voter+fraud\" rel=\"tag\">voter fraud<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Democrats\" rel=\"tag\">Democrats<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Republican\" rel=\"tag\">Republican<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/video\" rel=\"tag\">video<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/NJ\" rel=\"tag\">NJ<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Rove\" rel=\"tag\">Rove<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And no to all the constitutional amendments. Did you know that in NJ they want to use a part of the sales tax to relieve the property tax? 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