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Happy Birthday to Yarmuth!

November 4, 2008 – 10:11 pm

Hundreds of supporters packed into the main Marriott ballroom to hear U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth deliver his victory speech just 30 minutes ago.
After a moving introduction from his son, Aaron Yarmuth, the congressman thanked the roughly 200,000 voters who cast ballots for him today, resulting in a solid win over his Republican opponent, Anne Northup.
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Farewell Anne

November 4, 2008 – 10:04 pm

“Despite the results,” Northup spokesman Ted Jackson told the crowd, “Anne will always be our Congresswoman.”
Joined by her staff and husband, Anne Northup’s political career has likely ended tonight after her third loss in less than three years. What else is there? Maybe a U.S. Senate run in 2010 if Jim Bunning retires? It seems [...]

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The story on voting problems

November 4, 2008 – 9:20 pm

If you believe Nore Ghibaudy, PR director for the Jefferson County Clerk’s Office, voting in Jefferson County was pretty much smooth sailing all day. 
Pacing frantically about the Board of Elections about 20 minutes ago, alternately serving the media room with the latest results and TV reporters wanting a nice shot in the front room — [...]

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So close … but doom for Lunsford?

November 4, 2008 – 9:07 pm

Oh my god, this race for Senate is so close. Well, maybe. With half the vote in, it’s McConnell in the lead by about 2,000 votes. The thing that sucks for Lunsford: western KY isn’t in yet. That’s Right Country.

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Hello from the Board of Elections (kind of)

November 4, 2008 – 9:02 pm

If you wanna split hairs, then no, I’m not actually at the Board of Elections right now. I was just there. I left so I could update you with something to read, and, well, there’s no wireless at the Board of Elections. Too important for that, what with all those votes coming in and what [...]

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Meanwhile, everywhere else …

November 4, 2008 – 7:15 pm

Remember all that talk about GOP voter fraud? Well, some of our sister alt-weeklies in swing states are doing a bang-up job covering that business on their blogs. Dig it: 
Westword (Colorado)
Miami New Times (Florida)
Cincinnati City Beat (Ohio)
Independent Weekly (North Carolina) 
Creative Loafing (Georgia)

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Another reason to say ‘fuck Starbucks’

November 4, 2008 – 2:56 pm

In Louisville, with our wealth of locally owned options for high-quality java, there’s no reason to visit Starbucks. Until today, that is, when the company claimed it would offer a free cuppa to anyone who voted. 
Not so at the ‘Bucks on Fourth Street, reports Sara Havens, aka the Bar Belle.

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Broken voting machine fixed (or just turned on)

November 4, 2008 – 2:08 pm

A voter e-mailed LEO Weekly to report the voting machine at Saint Louis Bertrand Church was not working this morning when he was there to cast his ballot.
“I was in line before the place even opened,” says Anthony Henderson of Old Louisville. “There were about 50 people waiting and the machine wasn’t accepting anybody’s ballot.”
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‘You better vote white!’

November 4, 2008 – 12:46 pm

One of our co-workers voted at the VFW in Germantown this morning. The place wasn’t too crowded, although she reports she’s never seen that many people in there — she’s been voting there six years. 
At some point, out of nowhere, a male poll worker started hollering, “You better vote white.” He was saying it over [...]

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No line in G-town

November 4, 2008 – 9:58 am

I live in Germantown and vote at St. Therese Church on Kentucky and Schiller. There were probably 12 people there when I voted this morning, around 8:30. I’ve lived in this neighborhood and voted here for almost the last four years, and I’ve only once had a problem — when the county clerk screwed up [...]

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