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Posted at 9:38am on Mar. 4, 2008 Ohio Primary - My Vote is Cast

By CraigD

From Troy, Ohio, a small town (22K folks) in Western Ohio.

I arrived at the polls a little before 7 a.m., and the line was a little longer than I was used to. By the time I got to the check-in, there were 23 democrats and seven republicans who had voted so far. For comparison, the last time there was a competitive race in my district (2005), about 250 people voted (2004 data not readily available).

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Posted at 1:55pm on Jun. 4, 2007 Contingent Election Clarification

By CraigD

Given the attention that a possible Bloomberg candidacy may wreck upon our electoral system, there have been a few articles dealing with what would happen should a third party candidate prevent an electoral majority (a highly unlikely possibility, but always fun to discuss). Given the different and conflicting information I have seen about how contingent elections work, I tracked down a report on how it actually works. Here are the basics:

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