Okay, there are an estimated 6-10 million people without power in the
Atlantic coastal United States. This power outage could easily last
past November 6 in many areas, which of course is election day.

With public transportation disrupted or non-existent, or no power at the
polling places - what will happen if millions can not vote because of
the storm's effects?

Five "swing states" are heavily affected by the storm. They include:

MAINE
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NORTH CAROLINA
OHIO
PENNSYLVANIA
VIRGINIA

If these people are unable to vote due to flooding, power outages, lack
of transportation, etc... what "backup plan" is there, if any? If the
election were to be postponed, it would only seem fair to postpone it
for *every* state and territory. It wouldn't be right if 16/50 states
had to wait while the rest of the country votes on Nov. 6th.

Does anyone know if there is a law that provides for postponement in the
event of a natural disaster?


(Best viewed with at least 72 chars. width)

"States Affected by Sandy" "Swing States" "Affected Swingers"

CONNECTICUT Arizona MAINE
DELAWARE Colorado NEW HAMPSHIRE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Florida NORTH CAROLINA
MAINE Iowa OHIO
MARYLAND Main PENNSYLVANIA
MASSACHUSETTS Michigan VIRGINIA
NEW HAMPSHIRE Minnesota
NEW JERSEY Nevada
NEW YORK New Hampshire
NORTH CAROLINA New Mexico
OHIO North Carolina
PENNSYLVANIA Ohio
RHODE ISLAND Pennsylvania
SOUTH CAROLINA Virginia
VIRGINIA Wisconsin
WEST VIRGINIA

On Tue, 30 Oct 2012 11:54:06 -0500, G. Morgan
wrote:

Okay, there are an estimated 6-10 million people without power in the
Atlantic coastal United States. This power outage could easily last
past November 6 in many areas, which of course is election day.

With public transportation disrupted or non-existent, or no power at the
polling places - what will happen if millions can not vote because of
the storm's effects?

Five "swing states" are heavily affected by the storm. They include:

MAINE
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NORTH CAROLINA
OHIO
PENNSYLVANIA
VIRGINIA

If these people are unable to vote due to flooding, power outages, lack
of transportation, etc... what "backup plan" is there, if any? If the
election were to be postponed, it would only seem fair to postpone it
for *every* state and territory. It wouldn't be right if 16/50 states
had to wait while the rest of the country votes on Nov. 6th.

Does anyone know if there is a law that provides for postponement in the
event of a natural disaster?


(Best viewed with at least 72 chars. width)

"States Affected by Sandy" "Swing States" "Affected Swingers"

CONNECTICUT Arizona MAINE
DELAWARE Colorado NEW HAMPSHIRE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Florida NORTH CAROLINA
MAINE Iowa OHIO
MARYLAND Main PENNSYLVANIA
MASSACHUSETTS Michigan VIRGINIA
NEW HAMPSHIRE Minnesota
NEW JERSEY Nevada
NEW YORK New Hampshire
NORTH CAROLINA New Mexico
OHIO North Carolina
PENNSYLVANIA Ohio
RHODE ISLAND Pennsylvania
SOUTH CAROLINA Virginia
VIRGINIA Wisconsin
WEST VIRGINIA


Per CNN, it is determined by state.

Doug wrote:
On Tue, 30 Oct 2012 11:54:06 -0500, G. Morgan
wrote:

Okay, there are an estimated 6-10 million people without power in the
Atlantic coastal United States. This power outage could easily last
past November 6 in many areas, which of course is election day.

With public transportation disrupted or non-existent, or no power at
the polling places - what will happen if millions can not vote
because of the storm's effects?

Five "swing states" are heavily affected by the storm. They include:

MAINE
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NORTH CAROLINA
OHIO
PENNSYLVANIA
VIRGINIA

If these people are unable to vote due to flooding, power outages,
lack of transportation, etc... what "backup plan" is there, if any?
If the election were to be postponed, it would only seem fair to
postpone it for *every* state and territory. It wouldn't be right
if 16/50 states had to wait while the rest of the country votes on
Nov. 6th.

Does anyone know if there is a law that provides for postponement in
the event of a natural disaster?


(Best viewed with at least 72 chars. width)

"States Affected by Sandy" "Swing States" "Affected Swingers"

CONNECTICUT Arizona MAINE
DELAWARE Colorado NEW HAMPSHIRE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Florida NORTH CAROLINA
MAINE Iowa OHIO
MARYLAND Main PENNSYLVANIA
MASSACHUSETTS Michigan VIRGINIA
NEW HAMPSHIRE Minnesota
NEW JERSEY Nevada
NEW YORK New Hampshire
NORTH CAROLINA New Mexico
OHIO North Carolina
PENNSYLVANIA Ohio
RHODE ISLAND Pennsylvania
SOUTH CAROLINA Virginia
VIRGINIA Wisconsin
WEST VIRGINIA


Per CNN, it is determined by state.

In general, true, BUT election for federal office was established by
Congress as the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Individual
states may tinker at the margins, such as hours of operation, early voting,
etc., but a state can't actually CHANGE the official election date.

Come to think on it, though, if a state has, so far, unfettered ability to
massage "early" or "absentee" voting, it seems possible that a state could
set up "late" voting under the same logic.

In article ,
"HeyBub" wrote:

D
In general, true, BUT election for federal office was established by
Congress as the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Individual
states may tinker at the margins, such as hours of operation, early voting,
etc., but a state can't actually CHANGE the official election date.



But Congress could since the only thing in the Constitution is that
Congress will set things up (the unstated part being whenever they damn
well decided they wanted to). However, getting Congress together to pass
anything in the timeframe is sorta iffy.
2 USC § 7 - Time of election states the first Tuesday after the first
Monday.

Come to think on it, though, if a state has, so far, unfettered ability to
massage "early" or "absentee" voting, it seems possible that a state could
set up "late" voting under the same logic.

Not really. The first Tuesday, etc., is the day of ELECTION under 2 USC.
That has to be day they are counted. When the VOTING takes place is open
as long as done by then.
--
America is at that awkward stage. It's too late
to work within the system, but too early to shoot
the *******s."-- Claire Wolfe

Kurt Ullman wrote:
In article ,
"HeyBub" wrote:

D
In general, true, BUT election for federal office was established by
Congress as the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
Individual states may tinker at the margins, such as hours of
operation, early voting, etc., but a state can't actually CHANGE the
official election date.



But Congress could since the only thing in the Constitution is that
Congress will set things up (the unstated part being whenever they
damn well decided they wanted to). However, getting Congress together
to pass anything in the timeframe is sorta iffy.
2 USC § 7 - Time of election states the first Tuesday after the first
Monday.

Come to think on it, though, if a state has, so far, unfettered
ability to massage "early" or "absentee" voting, it seems possible
that a state could set up "late" voting under the same logic.

Not really. The first Tuesday, etc., is the day of ELECTION under 2
USC. That has to be day they are counted. When the VOTING takes place
is open as long as done by then.

Good point. Thanks.

On Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:12:27 -0400, Kurt Ullman
wrote:

In article ,
"HeyBub" wrote:

Come to think on it, though, if a state has, so far, unfettered ability to
massage "early" or "absentee" voting, it seems possible that a state could
set up "late" voting under the same logic.

Not really. The first Tuesday, etc., is the day of ELECTION under 2 USC.
That has to be day they are counted.

THat could be exactly true, because several states, maybe most or all,
don't promise to count absentee votes until about a week later.

When the VOTING takes place is open
as long as done by then.

On Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:05:50 -0500, Doug
wrote:

On Tue, 30 Oct 2012 11:54:06 -0500, G. Morgan
wrote:

Okay, there are an estimated 6-10 million people without power in the
Atlantic coastal United States. This power outage could easily last
past November 6 in many areas, which of course is election day.

With public transportation disrupted or non-existent, or no power at the
polling places - what will happen if millions can not vote because of
the storm's effects?

Five "swing states" are heavily affected by the storm. They include:

MAINE
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NORTH CAROLINA
OHIO
PENNSYLVANIA
VIRGINIA

If these people are unable to vote due to flooding, power outages, lack
of transportation, etc... what "backup plan" is there, if any? If the
election were to be postponed, it would only seem fair to postpone it
for *every* state and territory. It wouldn't be right if 16/50 states
had to wait while the rest of the country votes on Nov. 6th.

Does anyone know if there is a law that provides for postponement in the
event of a natural disaster?


(Best viewed with at least 72 chars. width)

"States Affected by Sandy" "Swing States" "Affected Swingers"

CONNECTICUT Arizona MAINE
DELAWARE Colorado NEW HAMPSHIRE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Florida NORTH CAROLINA
MAINE Iowa OHIO
MARYLAND Main PENNSYLVANIA
MASSACHUSETTS Michigan VIRGINIA
NEW HAMPSHIRE Minnesota
NEW JERSEY Nevada
NEW YORK New Hampshire
NORTH CAROLINA New Mexico
OHIO North Carolina
PENNSYLVANIA Ohio
RHODE ISLAND Pennsylvania
SOUTH CAROLINA Virginia
VIRGINIA Wisconsin
WEST VIRGINIA


Per CNN, it is determined by state.


After checking the Seattle Times and another source, I concur with
some other posters. The Presidential election day can not change
unless by Congress, not by the state. As to early voting or absentee
voting, no idea but guessing the state.

On Tue, 30 Oct 2012 22:55:59 -0500, Doug
wrote:

After checking the Seattle Times and another source, I concur with
some other posters. The Presidential election day can not change
unless by Congress, not by the state. As to early voting or absentee
voting, no idea but guessing the state.

Per a story on NPR, at least one state allows extending the voting a
day or two but there are very special conditions that probably can't
be met. Like voter participation must be less than 25% of some sort of
test of normal.

On Tue, 30 Oct 2012 11:54:06 -0500, G. Morgan
wrote:

Does anyone know if there is a law that provides for postponement in the
event of a natural disaster?

Elections can be postponed from Dog Catcher to Congressional
elections. National election for president cannot be postponed.

An election supervisor can have a contingency plan for generator
support at polling places. Or use hanging chads.

On 10/30/2012 4:35 PM, Oren wrote:
On Tue, 30 Oct 2012 11:54:06 -0500, G. Morgan
wrote:

Does anyone know if there is a law that provides for postponement in the
event of a natural disaster?

Elections can be postponed from Dog Catcher to Congressional
elections. National election for president cannot be postponed.

An election supervisor can have a contingency plan for generator
support at polling places. Or use hanging chads.


Not fair.
Those that voted early may not get to vote again.

"G. Morgan" wrote in message
...
Okay, there are an estimated 6-10 million people without power in the
Atlantic coastal United States. This power outage could easily last
past November 6 in many areas, which of course is election day.

With public transportation disrupted or non-existent, or no power at the
polling places - what will happen if millions can not vote because of
the storm's effects?

Five "swing states" are heavily affected by the storm. They include:

MAINE
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NORTH CAROLINA
OHIO
PENNSYLVANIA
VIRGINIA

If these people are unable to vote due to flooding, power outages, lack
of transportation, etc... what "backup plan" is there, if any? If the
election were to be postponed, it would only seem fair to postpone it
for *every* state and territory. It wouldn't be right if 16/50 states
had to wait while the rest of the country votes on Nov. 6th.

Does anyone know if there is a law that provides for postponement in the
event of a natural disaster?

--

Good God you are as dumb as the multi breed ****wit you voted
for in 2008.
You claim to be a successful computer business man (except for the
eyeball deep in debt thing) yet you continuely show you
have no idea how the governemnt works or why it does what it does.

To postpone would take an act of congress. Ain't gonna happen.
So next week go vote, then go sign up for some government classes.

On Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:41:04 -0400, "BurfordTJustice"
wrote:

To postpone would take an act of congress. Ain't gonna happen.
So next week go vote, then go sign up for some government classes.


No matter what happens, no matter who wins, the opposing party will
probably contest it and take it to the courts. Should be fun to
watch.

In article ,
Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:41:04 -0400, "BurfordTJustice"
wrote:

To postpone would take an act of congress. Ain't gonna happen.
So next week go vote, then go sign up for some government classes.


No matter what happens, no matter who wins, the opposing party will
probably contest it and take it to the courts. Should be fun to
watch.

I can't see them contesting the timing. Other than that, I am sure there
will be fun.
My hope is that Congress DOESN'T change the timing. I am not sure I
can get through another week of wall-to-wall Super Pac ads without
cutting my wrists.
--
America is at that awkward stage. It's too late
to work within the system, but too early to shoot
the *******s."-- Claire Wolfe

G. Morgan formulated on Tuesday :
Okay, there are an estimated 6-10 million people without power in the
Atlantic coastal United States. This power outage could easily last
past November 6 in many areas, which of course is election day.

With public transportation disrupted or non-existent, or no power at the
polling places - what will happen if millions can not vote because of
the storm's effects?

I'm sure we'll be okay (NH) by the time voting day comes. I'm wondering
if this is the first time those blowhards have been upstaged like this
though.

[...]

G. Morgan wrote:
Okay, there are an estimated 6-10 million people without power in the
Atlantic coastal United States. This power outage could easily last
past November 6 in many areas, which of course is election day.

With public transportation disrupted or non-existent, or no power at
the polling places - what will happen if millions can not vote
because of the storm's effects?

Five "swing states" are heavily affected by the storm. They include:

MAINE
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NORTH CAROLINA
OHIO
PENNSYLVANIA
VIRGINIA

If these people are unable to vote due to flooding, power outages,
lack of transportation, etc... what "backup plan" is there, if any?
If the election were to be postponed, it would only seem fair to
postpone it for *every* state and territory. It wouldn't be right if
16/50 states had to wait while the rest of the country votes on Nov.
6th.

Does anyone know if there is a law that provides for postponement in
the event of a natural disaster?


(Best viewed with at least 72 chars. width)

"States Affected by Sandy" "Swing States" "Affected Swingers"

CONNECTICUT Arizona MAINE
DELAWARE Colorado NEW HAMPSHIRE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Florida NORTH CAROLINA
MAINE Iowa OHIO
MARYLAND Main PENNSYLVANIA
MASSACHUSETTS Michigan VIRGINIA
NEW HAMPSHIRE Minnesota
NEW JERSEY Nevada
NEW YORK New Hampshire
NORTH CAROLINA New Mexico
OHIO North Carolina
PENNSYLVANIA Ohio
RHODE ISLAND Pennsylvania
SOUTH CAROLINA Virginia
VIRGINIA Wisconsin
WEST VIRGINIA

I heard some where that many people in those states voted early in
preparation for the storm.

--
Jenn

Were they living people?

Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
..

"Jenn" wrote in message
...

I heard some where that many people in those states voted early in
preparation for the storm.

--
Jenn

On Tue, 30 Oct 2012 11:54:06 -0500, G. Morgan
wrote:

With public transportation disrupted or non-existent, or no power at the
polling places - what will happen if millions can not vote because of
the storm's effects?

Five "swing states" are heavily affected by the storm. They include:

MAINE
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NORTH CAROLINA
OHIO
PENNSYLVANIA
VIRGINIA

All of their votes will automatically be given to Mickey Mouse as a
write-in. With any luck, he will win, since he's the best candidate at
present.

Even if there were a clause in your constitution saying that elections could be postponed in the event of a natural disaster, that's not going to resolve the situation.

People would then be arguing over whether or not to invoke such a clause to delay the election, and whether or not doing that would affect the results of the election.

In my view, it's better to have the election on the scheduled day and let the chips fall where they may.

Truth be known, BOTH of your candidates would make for a good president. They have different slants on the Robin Hood politics of taking from the rich and giving to the poor, but beyond that, they're both experienced politicians, they're both intelligent and level headed people, they both have good advisors to choose from, and they'd both make good decisions.

On 10-31-2012 00:38, nestork wrote:
Truth be known, BOTH of your candidates would make for a good president.

My opinion is you are wrong twice. Not that it matters much.
Both are likely to give Congress whatever it wants.

--
Wes Groleau

What kind of smiley is C:\ ?

On Oct 30, 4:54*pm, G. Morgan wrote:
Okay, there are an estimated 6-10 million people without power in the
Atlantic coastal United States. *This power outage could easily last
past November 6 in many areas, which of course is election day.

With public transportation disrupted or non-existent, or no power at the
polling places - what will happen if millions can not vote because of
the storm's effects?

Five "swing states" are heavily affected by the storm. *They include:

MAINE
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NORTH CAROLINA
OHIO
PENNSYLVANIA
VIRGINIA

If these people are unable to vote due to flooding, power outages, lack
of transportation, etc... what "backup plan" is there, if any? *If the
election were to be postponed, it would only seem fair to postpone it
for *every* state and territory. *It wouldn't be right if 16/50 states
had to wait while the rest of the country votes on Nov. 6th.

Does anyone know if there is a law that provides for postponement in the
event of a natural disaster?

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"States Affected by Sandy" * *"Swing States" * * * *"Affected Swingers"

CONNECTICUT * * * * * * Arizona * * * * MAINE
DELAWARE * * * * * * * *Colorado * * * * * * * *NEW HAMPSHIRE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA * *Florida * * * * NORTH CAROLINA
MAINE * * * * * * * * * Iowa * * * * * *OHIO
MARYLAND * * * * * * * *Main * * * * * *PENNSYLVANIA
MASSACHUSETTS * * * * * Michigan * * * * * * * *VIRGINIA
NEW HAMPSHIRE * * * * * Minnesota
NEW JERSEY * * * * * * *Nevada
NEW YORK * * * * * * * *New Hampshire
NORTH CAROLINA * * * * *New Mexico
OHIO * * * * * * * * * *North Carolina
PENNSYLVANIA * * * * * *Ohio
RHODE ISLAND * * * * * *Pennsylvania
SOUTH CAROLINA * * * * *Virginia
VIRGINIA * * * * * * * * * * * *Wisconsin
WEST VIRGINIA

Maybe it will be postphoned?

On 10/30/2012 12:54 PM, G. Morgan wrote:
Okay, there are an estimated 6-10 million people without power in the
Atlantic coastal United States. This power outage could easily last
past November 6 in many areas, which of course is election day.

With public transportation disrupted or non-existent, or no power at the
polling places - what will happen if millions can not vote because of
the storm's effects?

Five "swing states" are heavily affected by the storm. They include:

MAINE
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NORTH CAROLINA
OHIO
PENNSYLVANIA
VIRGINIA

If these people are unable to vote due to flooding, power outages, lack
of transportation, etc... what "backup plan" is there, if any? If the
election were to be postponed, it would only seem fair to postpone it
for *every* state and territory. It wouldn't be right if 16/50 states
had to wait while the rest of the country votes on Nov. 6th.

Does anyone know if there is a law that provides for postponement in the
event of a natural disaster?


(Best viewed with at least 72 chars. width)

"States Affected by Sandy" "Swing States" "Affected Swingers"

CONNECTICUT Arizona MAINE
DELAWARE Colorado NEW HAMPSHIRE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Florida NORTH CAROLINA
MAINE Iowa OHIO
MARYLAND Main PENNSYLVANIA
MASSACHUSETTS Michigan VIRGINIA
NEW HAMPSHIRE Minnesota
NEW JERSEY Nevada
NEW YORK New Hampshire
NORTH CAROLINA New Mexico
OHIO North Carolina
PENNSYLVANIA Ohio
RHODE ISLAND Pennsylvania
SOUTH CAROLINA Virginia
VIRGINIA Wisconsin
WEST VIRGINIA



NJ is looking to use military vehicles as temporary polling stations:

http://www.northjersey.com/news/NJ_m...or_voters.html

....and extending the deadline for mail-in ballots:

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/201...ballot_de.html

--
"We all should vote 'forward' - just don't vote Barack-ward..."

MFB