November 8, 201113 yr Good luck today folks! Do all you can to make 48 fail. Cincy isnt the only city banking on the outcome of this. ;-)
November 8, 201113 yr What? No Luken? No Louis? No Kasich? Hardly seems right to leave them out. I am ashamed to say Luken, Louis, and Kasich slipped my mind
November 8, 201113 yr Hows everything looking? How are the locations? Crowded? Any stories? I saw a Seelbach tweet that people were taking in copies of City Beat into one of the Clifton polling places. That's good news. Clifton isn't where I'm worried about though.
November 8, 201113 yr Author Hows everything looking? How are the locations? Crowded? Any stories? Volunteered at the Salvation Army poll on Clay St. this morning. No clue if turnout was heavy or light for that poll (it's the first time that has been a polling station) but virtually everyone was supporting NO on 48. Weather should be nice, which should help turnout (likley to help us).
November 8, 201113 yr Pretty heavy turnout at Nativity in Pleasant Ridge this morning. There was a guy there handing out literature to vote "Yes" on 48, standing next to several Democratic council candidate volunteers ("A Yes on 48 means No on the Streetcar"). I informed him I would definitely be voting NO on 48 and he was very polite about it. Hard to tell how the voters were going, but I did hear two people laughing about the streetcar on their way out. I didn't leave with a particularly good feeling, but we shall see. I have seen a lot of "No on 48" signs in areas like Walnut Hills and Evanston. Hope they help.
November 8, 201113 yr Hows everything looking? How are the locations? Crowded? Any stories? Volunteered at the Salvation Army poll on Clay St. this morning. No clue if turnout was heavy or light for that poll (it's the first time that has been a polling station) but virtually everyone was supporting NO on 48. Weather should be nice, which should help turnout (likley to help us). Nice weather tends to bring out the older crowd. The "No on 48" diehards would have voted if there was a blizzard today, but the marginal voters scare me.
November 8, 201113 yr Doc Thompson mixed it up on 700wlw this morning. Said you have to vote "NO" on Issue 48 if you do not want the streetcar. He's too smart not to get it mixed up at this point. I think he's secretly hoping Issue 48 fails so he can get more ratings for his show Qualls and Quinlivan are in Pleasant Ridge right now
November 8, 201113 yr 'Twas the night before Elections, when all through the debate Not an Issue 48 opponent was stirring, not even eigtgh and state The arguments were heard by the electorate indeed, In the hopes that supporters of 48 would concede The COASTers were nestled all smug on their knees With visions of Mozzarella cheese sticks from a local Applebees; . . . SNIP This is fantastic. Good fun.
November 8, 201113 yr Nothing major to report from where I voted at the OTR Recreation Center, except that Google Maps gives an incorrect location for the address (1715 Republic Street). The polling location can be entered from either Race Street (much easier to find) or Republic.
November 8, 201113 yr Doc Thompson mixed it up on 700wlw this morning. Said you have to vote "NO" on Issue 48 if you do not want the streetcar Qualls and Quinlivan are in Pleasant Ridge right now I'm staying far away from WLW today; I can't stomach their subtle jabs and insults anymore. It would be fun to listen tomorrow though if 48 goes down in flames.
November 8, 201113 yr I think many here are vastly overestimating the number of streetcar opponents who are legally registered voters in the city of cincinnati. Almost all open streetcar opposition is from non-cincinnatians.
November 8, 201113 yr Doc Thompson, who bashes the streetcar on a daily basis, has been confusing yes vs. no on Issue 48 for weeks.
November 8, 201113 yr Pretty heavy turnout at Nativity in Pleasant Ridge this morning. There was a guy there handing out literature to vote "Yes" on 48, standing next to several Democratic council candidate volunteers ("A Yes on 48 means No on the Streetcar"). I informed him I would definitely be voting NO on 48 and he was very polite about it. Hard to tell how the voters were going, but I did hear two people laughing about the streetcar on their way out. I didn't leave with a particularly good feeling, but we shall see. I have seen a lot of "No on 48" signs in areas like Walnut Hills and Evanston. Hope they help. Full disclosure, I also had a bad feeling in 2009, so maybe that's a good thing!
November 8, 201113 yr "$4.50 gas coming soon?" http://www.wcpo.com/dpp/money/consumer/dont_waste_your_money/%244.50-gas-prices-predicted-next-summer If 48 passes, it could be one of the worst things to happen in this region in a long time.
November 8, 201113 yr Volunteered at the Salvation Army poll on Clay St. this morning. No clue if turnout was heavy or light for that poll (it's the first time that has been a polling station) but virtually everyone was supporting NO on 48. Weather should be nice, which should help turnout (likley to help us). Salvation Army this morning was busy with a line but horrible service was slowing things down.
November 8, 201113 yr Wasn't bad in Northside at 23c around 1:30 PM, with no line for both precincts. There was some campaign signs and junk on the street, including someone holding up a Smitherman sign and dancing.
November 8, 201113 yr Barring any irregularities, there probably won't be much to report until after the polls close at 7:30 and results start to come in.
November 8, 201113 yr ^ What if you forget to reload your bank account? Not only do you get turned down and possibley left stranded, but you also share that information with all your neighbors. This must be a joke comment... you're kidding right? If you go to the gas station and "forget to 'reload' your bank account" you'd be just as screwed.
November 8, 201113 yr I remember staying up late in 2009 watching results of issue 9. The results looked good immediately and continued to look good until around 1am when the results were official. It usually takes until about 10pm or so before the major polling places start reporting to news outlets.
November 9, 201113 yr Well everyone, tonight we find out if we move forward with a progressive plan to enhance our city and its ability to move people and attract new residents or we find out that we've become the laughing stock of the nation for banning itself from building passenger rail for a generation! ...kind of a big deal:) If you want to see results as they come out and before the local news report them go here: http://www.hamilton-co.org/boe/ and click on the left hand side of the page "election results" then "real time results" A pdf will pop up with up to date results as they are reported. God, I remember checking this site frantically for hours in 2009 as results rolled in. Its deja-vu!!
November 9, 201113 yr Only 4 more pages to hit my 2011 Election Night Streetcar Thread 500 Page Prediction!!!!
November 9, 201113 yr This is it.... Lets hope rational people showed up at the polls... I might make it to Arnold's tonight to meet some of you guys. If there are some good results before I leave and the issue looks doom, I will lift my indefinite suspension of Applebees and bring some Mozzarella Cheese sticks
November 9, 201113 yr How can they be so slow??? I mean In Ky they just said the current won reelection. Why is Hamilton County so slow???
November 9, 201113 yr Kentucky's polls closed at 6, ours not until 7:30. Its only been 25 minutes. Patience:)
November 9, 201113 yr This is it.... Lets hope rational people showed up at the polls... I might make it to Arnold's tonight to meet some of you guys. If there are some good results before I leave and the issue looks doom, I will lift my indefinite suspension of Applebees and bring some Mozzarella Cheese sticks Isn't that where the COAST party is tonight? Well, at least until it closes at 10.
November 9, 201113 yr Anyone else notice that entire second piece of paper was necessary for Issue 48? How much did that cost?
November 9, 201113 yr ^^No, I heard COAST will be at Champs downtown tonight. “All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.” -Friedrich Nietzsche
November 9, 201113 yr Anyone else notice that entire second piece of paper was necessary for Issue 48? How much did that cost? Just another waste of taxpayer money and trees brought to you by Finney & friends! “All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.” -Friedrich Nietzsche
November 9, 201113 yr No, I heard COAST will be at Champs downtown tonight. Actually, the Enquirer says it's at the Smitherman campaign headquarters in Bond Hill.
November 9, 201113 yr Here's something fun to do while waiting for results. Look at the official election results from 2009. You can see how each precinct voted on Issue 9. It gives the exact number of yes and no votes for each site. Pretty interesting. Take some time to look up how your precinct voted last time around. Its also interesting to look at other parts of the city and find where the race was closer. http://www.hamilton-co.org/boe/inputdata/Electionsresults/Archived/G09OFFCAN.xls Oh and if you're looking for a map that shows where all the voting districts are, here's the only one I could find. You have to click on the top under "map layers" then add "voting disctricts" and use the zoom function to see each area. http://cagisonline.hamilton-co.org/cagisonline/index.html
November 9, 201113 yr After absentee voting, according to a MetroCincy tweet. Five of nine SC supporters: Here are the top nine after the early votes: Qualls Thomas Winburn Young Sittenfeld Simpson Quinlivan Smitherman Seelbach
November 9, 201113 yr Absentee Issue 48 results show 51% Yes, 48% No (from board of election real time results) :(
November 9, 201113 yr Horstman tweet: Anti-streetcar Issue 48 narrowly leads, 51-49 percent, with 7 percent of vote counted. Much too early and too close for conclusions. #ohel
November 9, 201113 yr Here's what Issue 9 looked like after Absentee ballots came in at 8:21pm Nov. 3, 2009 Here's the asbentee vote on Issue 9 representing 6% of the registered voters... NO 7,131 51.75% YES 6,650 48.25% Read more: http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,18957.8280.html#ixzz1dASIYVBO Those numbers, compared with todays numbers, make me nervous!
November 9, 201113 yr Where are these numbers coming from if zero precincts are reporting? Absentee Ballots
November 9, 201113 yr Yeah, I'm so nervous right now I have to start drinking. Ditto Same here. I'm also nervously eating an entire tube of goetta. COAST is bad for my health.
November 9, 201113 yr Yeah, I'm so nervous right now I have to start drinking. Ditto Same here. I'm also nervously eating an entire tube of goetta. COAST is bad for my health. HA HA HA HA!! You just painted the funniest picture of yourself right now! Thank you for the much needed comic relief!
November 9, 201113 yr Damn - nervous as well - hopefully numbers swing more against as more votes come in like the last vote.
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