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The electronic voting booths let you vote straight party and then you could mark for any specific candidate. It stated that anything left unmarked would default to the straight party, but individually marked candidates would take precedence over straight party. I assume a scantron would work the same way. Tally marked candidates first, then add straight party to each seat left unmarked.
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Ah, yeah that makes sense.
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Nov 5, 2014 17:04
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1stGear posted:"Hey, Austin is the fastest growing city in the country. What should we do about that?" But it was the wrong route, so better to wait another 14 years to try again when everything is even worse.
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Nov 5, 2014 17:06
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My previous elections were in south Miami and D.C. This year it was Dallas. Now I know what it feels like to be a powerless voter.
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Nov 5, 2014 17:07
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e_angst posted:Texas prop 1 passed. Austin's prop 1 (our decade-too-late attempt to get additional rail in the city) failed. Oh crap, that sucks. I keep dreaming about a train between San Antonio and Austin. One of the proposed stop sites is right up the road from me and would absolutely broaden my employment choices.
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Nov 5, 2014 17:17
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VitalSigns posted:But it was the wrong route, so better to wait another 14 years to try again when everything is even worse. These people were annoying as gently caress.
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Nov 5, 2014 17:21
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e_angst posted:Everyone knew she was going to lose. The fact that she did worse than Bill White in 2010 means that all the Battleground Texas efforts were completely worthless. Texas isn't going to turn purple for another generation, if then. Or maybe it's an indication that Davis was an exceptionally lovely candidate. I mean, she almost lost the 18-29 vote. That doesn't happen.
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Nov 5, 2014 17:29
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VitalSigns posted:But it was the wrong route, so better to wait another 14 years to try again when everything is even worse. This was the worst part! "It's the wrong route" with no rebuttal to what the "right route" would be. I know a whole bunch of progressive people spouting this bullshit line (and the "We need to do something but this isn't it") and it drove me crazy every time. As if a proposal to rip up MOPAC and I-35 and replace them with 12 lane superhighways would pass without the same people going fully NIMBY. I give Austin another 5 years before our little tech bubble bursts due to lovely infrastructure.
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Nov 5, 2014 17:52
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Rabble posted:This was the worst part! "It's the wrong route" with no rebuttal to what the "right route" would be. I know a whole bunch of progressive people spouting this bullshit line (and the "We need to do something but this isn't it") and it drove me crazy every time. As if a proposal to rip up MOPAC and I-35 and replace them with 12 lane superhighways would pass without the same people going fully NIMBY. I believe the "right route" was supposed to be Guadalupe/Lamar, but I never heard how this is supposed to happen after they vote this one down.
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Nov 5, 2014 17:55
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computer parts posted:Or maybe it's an indication that Davis was an exceptionally lovely candidate. Not that she wasn't a bad candidate, but she/BGT did scare the Republicans into untying one of their hands from behind their back.
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Nov 5, 2014 18:47
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When are they going to give one of the Castro brothers a shot at statewide office?
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Nov 5, 2014 20:56
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Frackie Robinson posted:When are they going to give one of the Castro brothers a shot at statewide office? When is one of the Castro brothers going to decide they want to lose a statewide election? (I wouldn't run for 15 years if I was one of them).
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Nov 5, 2014 20:59
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If I was Julian Castro I'd be angling for a vice presidential nomination.
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Nov 5, 2014 21:04
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If I was a Castro I'd literally wait for these Democrats to die off, they're poo poo and wouldn't get me anywhere nice.
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Nov 5, 2014 21:10
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Omi-Polari posted:If I was Julian Castro I'd be angling for a vice presidential nomination. Remind me why a mayor would be a good vice presidential nominee for any reason other than racial/age demographic pandering. Go statewide first.
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Nov 5, 2014 21:15
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Randandal posted:Remind me why a mayor would be a good vice presidential nominee for any reason other than racial/age demographic pandering. He's cabinet level now. HUD Secretary. He was likely tapped for that specifically to give him a shortcut around the statewide race thing.
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Nov 5, 2014 21:21
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ReidRansom posted:He's cabinet level now. HUD Secretary. He was likely tapped for that specifically to give him a shortcut around the statewide race thing.
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Nov 5, 2014 21:31
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Oh that's weird lol I didn't know that had happened. Still think it's racial pandering but whatevs
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Nov 5, 2014 21:35
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Rabble posted:This was the worst part! "It's the wrong route" with no rebuttal to what the "right route" would be. I know a whole bunch of progressive people spouting this bullshit line (and the "We need to do something but this isn't it") and it drove me crazy every time. As if a proposal to rip up MOPAC and I-35 and replace them with 12 lane superhighways would pass without the same people going fully NIMBY. This is why there is no right route:  Short of some multi-billion dollar multi-line system which hit every single place in Austin on day one there's no way to get the suburbs on board. And without the suburbs being on board you can't pass it. Here are the maps to play around with: http://traviselectionresults.com/enr/results/display.do?criteria.electionId=20141104&formSubmitted=1 The mayoral map is pretty depressing too: 
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Randandal posted:Oh that's weird lol I didn't know that had happened. Still think it's racial pandering but whatevs Shifty Pony posted:The mayoral map is pretty depressing too: I'm not super-into Martinez, but Adler struck me as someone who was more interested in telling people what they want to hear. Also watch these ads. Oh God the Adler add... so twee! Agggghh. Gack. http://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2014-10-17/10-1-ticker-election-updates/ The Martinez ad is great.
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Nov 5, 2014 21:50
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It always dumbfounds me to see all that empty flat land east of Austin. Build yourself your own version of Plano or Katy or whatever (Aurora CO) out there, with nice gridlike wide streets and several highways and half a million middle class folks doing their best to participate in Austin's economy and not its' gridlock. The hills are for rich people and catastrophic flooding, stop building that way. But keep building you stupid NIMBYers. What's Castro's greatest accomplishment as HUD secretary so far? Xarthor posted:Here's my song for the morning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXhRoY-Utxo :iamafag:
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Nov 5, 2014 22:01
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Shifty Pony posted:The mayoral map is pretty depressing too: Holy gently caress. I voted for Cole, Adler is an empty suit and I figured Martinez would make it to the runoff anyway. Hoping he call pull it out.
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Nov 5, 2014 22:14
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Randandal posted:Remind me why a mayor would be a good vice presidential nominee for any reason other than racial/age demographic pandering. Pretty much this. As soon as I saw them trotted out during the DNC it was obvious they are being groomed to be presidential candidates. Now that the Congress is fully Republican its not like Castro is going to be able to get anything done till another election cycle possibly. Not a one of them stays in Texas to either work on dismantling the gerry mandering, the Voter ID law, or anything else holding this state back. If anything the interview the one Castro brother uncomfortably sat through and immediately left on the Daily Show is reason enough to think neither of them will do anything of real value for Texas. I'm still probably super cynical.
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Nov 5, 2014 22:41
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So is there any way the Austin city council can get a rail project done or is there some arcane reason that it has to be a ballot initiative to happen?
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VitalSigns posted:So is there any way the Austin city council can get a rail project done or is there some arcane reason that it has to be a ballot initiative to happen? The council doesn't want to take on that much debt without going to the voters.
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Nov 6, 2014 00:05
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VitalSigns posted:So is there any way the Austin city council can get a rail project done or is there some arcane reason that it has to be a ballot initiative to happen? Badger of Basra posted:The council doesn't want to take on that much debt without going to the voters. Primarily this. But also realize that this was a City of Austin bond not a CapMetro bond, and the results would have been even worse if it had been. This was the council's best option.
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Nov 6, 2014 00:16
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VitalSigns posted:So is there any way the Austin city council can get a rail project done or is there some arcane reason that it has to be a ballot initiative to happen? The city can't issue debt to be repaid by property taxes without an election authorizing it. So given the cost of rail, no.
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Nov 6, 2014 00:19
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How much do you think the Capitol building will go for? I bet we could hawk that and build a sweet rail without having to vote on any bonds.
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Nov 6, 2014 00:25
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VitalSigns posted:How much do you think the Capitol building will go for? I bet we could hawk that and build a sweet rail without having to vote on any bonds. Like the street parking spots around it, the state owns it. So Austin wouldn't get squat, they'd probably move a prison there if they could.
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Nov 6, 2014 00:28
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Trabisnikof posted:Like the street parking spots around it, the state owns it. So Austin wouldn't get squat, they'd probably move a prison there if they could. Nah, they'd sell it off to one of
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Nov 6, 2014 01:37
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ReidRansom posted:Nah, they'd sell it off to one of You joke, but when your business model is bilking the state and taxpayers you're unironically correct.
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Shear Modulus posted:You joke, but when your business model is bilking the state and taxpayers you're unironically correct. Also it's not a joke. Arizona did exactly that. Sold their building for ~$80M, got bent over leasing it back, then ended up paying like $100M when they repurchased it.
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Nov 6, 2014 01:58
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Didn't Texas do that with a bunch of toll roads or something as well about 5-10 years ago?
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Roumba posted:Didn't Texas do that with a bunch of toll roads or something as well about 5-10 years ago? The difference is that we're never going to try to buy those toll roads. We just gave public money to assist with their construction and then let the private firms profit from them from now on.
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Nov 6, 2014 02:38
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In interesting news, and in contrast to the constant string of Republican victories, Republican Susan Reed is no longer Bexar County's District Attorney; she was defeated by Democrat Nicholas “Nico” LaHood. Susan Reed has been DA for 16 years, so this is a bit of a shock; I thought LaHood was just a sacrificial lamb. The win is partly due to greater than average turnout in Bexar county, but also largely due to Thomas J. Henry, who dumped an absolute shitload of money into the race. http://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/LaHood-defeats-Reed-for-Bexar-district-attorney-5871454.php quote:In 2010, LaHood lost his bid for DA against Reed, in a race decided by about 8 percentage points.  Also in good news, my congress-critter Joaquin Castro won re-election.   Not that there was ever any doubt about Joaquin winning, he didn't even have a Republican opponent, just some no-name Libertarian. Ah, the benefits of living in the majority Hispanic, majority Democratic part of San Antonio, I can actually vote for a Democrat who can win and who actually represents me. 
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Nov 6, 2014 04:02
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fade5 posted:In interesting news, and in contrast to the constant string of Republican victories, Republican Susan Reed is no longer Bexar County's District Attorney; she was defeated by Democrat Nicholas “Nico” LaHood. Susan Reed has been DA for 16 years, so this is a bit of a shock; I thought LaHood was just a sacrificial lamb. The win is partly due to greater than average turnout in Bexar county, but also largely due to Thomas J. Henry, who dumped an absolute shitload of money into the race. I moved about a week ago but my polling place was on the northwest side of San Antonio because that was my old address. Got to listen to people talk about how charter schools are doing the same or better than avg and making a profit  and how public schools suck. Also was the youngest person there who was not a literal child and the polling place was way off at this country club type place with no sidewalks or poo poo ones.
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Texas Democrats remind me of the opening scene in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Lots of flailing around, and every time he thinks he's going to make it ... KA-WHAMMO down he goes again, and even more spectacular than the last time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9_m8eVdU2U fade5 posted:In interesting news, and in contrast to the constant string of Republican victories, Republican Susan Reed is no longer Bexar County's District Attorney; she was defeated by Democrat Nicholas “Nico” LaHood. Susan Reed has been DA for 16 years, so this is a bit of a shock; I thought LaHood was just a sacrificial lamb. The win is partly due to greater than average turnout in Bexar county, but also largely due to Thomas J. Henry, who dumped an absolute shitload of money into the race. BrutalistMcDonalds fucked around with this message at 10:57 on Nov 6, 2014 |
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Nov 6, 2014 10:54
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Tribune has a good post mortem on the annihilation of Wendy and BGT.
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zoux posted:Tribune has a good post mortem on the annihilation of Wendy and BGT. I took it a good number of BGT people took the election results badly. Where does the organization go from here?
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They should do what they do, but keep they mouth loving shut and stop trying to book TX pols to loving tv programs.
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