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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (2010)	11/26/2004 9:13:35 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 361123

W Stands for Wyoming! State Reports 106% Registered Voter Turnout! As proof of how healthy our democracy is, WatchingTheWatchers.org has just informed us that Wyoming had a voter turnout rate of 106% this year! That's right, according to the Wyoming Sec. of State's website (go ahead, click on it yourself), out of 232,396 registered voters in the state, 245,789 of them came out to vote this year! Yes, go read those numbers above again. That's 13,393 more votes than voters in Wyoming! And yes, even the Sec. of State's website brags about the 106% registered voter turnout! With national turnout rates somewhere around 60% this year, and only 56% showing up in Wyoming for their 2004 primaries, the state should certainly be proud of their new record turnout! Which beats the previous record in 2000 of 101% turnout! Waytago Wyoming! You are "W Country" indeed! Nope, nothing funny going on with voting in this country. Just worry about Ukraine. We're fine here. Nothing to see. Move on... UPDATE: Eagle-eyed commentor Tracy updates us with a Nov 6th item from Wyoming's Casper Star-Tribune offering this "explanation": "This was an exciting election day in Wyoming, with many people registering at the polls," Secretary of State Joe Meyer said Wednesday. ... "It is possible to have a voter turnout of more than 100 percent because Wyoming statutes allow voters to register at the polls on election day," he said. ... "Having Wyoming's Dick Cheney on the ballot has probably driven our high voter turnout the last two presidential elections," Meyer said. So that explains that. For the record, Ohio, which doesn't have same day registration, but was the most contested state in the union this year had a registered voter-turnout of 69.86%. Presuming interest was as high in Wyoming -- the reddest of the red states, where Bush won handily -- as it was in Ohio, that would mean that some 36% of the total electorate registered on Election Day in Wyoming. As I said...keep moving...nothing to see here...these aren't the droids you're looking for... bradblog.com

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (2010)	11/26/2004 9:24:55 PM
From: coug	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 361123

You bet You do. re:<<but, I've got the best school with the best team in the world.>> And we, me, have to also cheer for UC at Davis.. A close damn second.. But always remember to give a cheer for: Lowly Wazzu, not knowin for nothin <g> except Edward R Murrow, Paul Allen, Keith Jackson, etal, in broadcasting and tech, and for the more off beat, Timothy Leary, Gary Larson (Far Side). Peter Principle Author, (don't remember his name for he never got a NOBLR award, <g>) and others and the "coug".. But there must be something blowing off those wheat fields in the Palouse across the campus besides combine dust.. Maybe rust? Maybe lust? for.. :) c