The 2008 Election Day LIVE Thread

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by alphagamzetagam

I WISH I WAS IN GRANT PARK SO FREAKING BAD!

I just came on here to post exactly that!

PM_Mama: Part of the UP is in Central Time and their polls don't close for 15 more minutes so they won't call Michigan yet.

[agzg]

Originally Posted by AGDee

I just came on here to post exactly that!

PM_Mama: Part of the UP is in Central Time and their polls don't close for 15 more minutes so they won't call Michigan yet.

Really? Our precincts closed at 7 pm CT (it's 7:48 now).

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by alphagamzetagam

Really? Our precincts closed at 7 pm CT (it's 7:48 now).

Ours close at 8 pm, either ET or CT, depending on which time zone they're in. I actually wrote to CNN this morning because they had us listed as polls closing at 9 pm ET. I thought that was misleading for the 95% of us in the rest of the state and was worried people would see that and think they had til 9 pm. About 30 minutes after I emailed, it was clarified on the big map, with the different time zones. I take total credit for that

[KSUViolet06]

Ohioans:

I'm hearing that Issue 6 didn't pass (the one about the casino).

[AGDee]

Rockefeller Center looks pretty cool too. I love how they made the map on the ice and keep filling it in with the appropriate color.

And, Michigan has been called

175 for Obama now on NBC

[Benzgirl]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

Ohioans:

I'm hearing that Issue 6 didn't pass (the one about the casino).

I voted no, but was still unsure about it. If it had been in northern Ohio, I might have been swayed.
It's Issue 5 (Pay Day lender restrictions) that I'm following closely. It will probably go Yes. Chalk one up to the Good Guys.