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Our intent is to inform (acting Gov. Codey) that there is a great voting bloc that are for marriage of one man to one woman,

People always complain that movies are all the same and that ticket buyers are voting and saying, 'No more,'

Justice O'Connor has been the key vote in everything from campaign finance to the meaning of the Voting Rights Act to racial gerrymandering to Bush v. Gore.

John Roberts will be confirmed. The question is will Democrats jeopardize their credibility and vote against him, or bolster their credibility by voting for this highly qualified nominee -- and hold fire for the next one.

''I'm so insane, I voted for Eisenhower.'' ''Oh yeah, well I'm so insane, I voted for Eisenhower TWICE!''

It is encouraging to note the overwhelming interest by South Africans in voting even after six successive elections.

It is clear this is going to trigger a lot of voting that might not have otherwise occurred.

It is certainly disappointing that, despite the recommendations from federal organizations and nongovernmental groups, many states still have not made progress to make sure their electronic voting systems are safe from fraud and can be relied on to accurately count votes, ... America's voting system must be made to be world class, everywhere in the country, as soon as possible.

I'm hoping there will be some voting repercussions. The (county) commissioners really let us down. (Commissioners) Steve Stuart and Marc Boldt gave us verbal agreement that they would do anything they could to keep the clinic from opening.

It all depends on the early-voting turnout and how many ballots the (election) judges will have to process after the polls close. We're really not sure of its impact. But I can't anticipate delays lasting hours.

Judge Roberts declined to disavow disparaging opinions expressed against civil rights laws, voting rights act, wage discrimination against women and others,

It is an act of hypocrisy from everybody who votes for it, we know this is about containing debate to try and keep dissenters in the cart in the desperate hope that none of them split on the floor today and if any of them in cocky's corner have got the courage of their convictions, they won't be voting for this, and they won't be voting for this legislation this afternoon.

I think the rest of the country is getting a little bit better picture of what it is to be a Vermonter. He's voting his conscience. I just wish the rest of the Congress was like that.

I think there's going to be a lot more peril voting for the O'Connor replacement than the Rehnquist replacement.

I think both political camps have learned so much in this process because it never happened before. We learned a lot about voting patterns and the election process. I think we all learned about things to be wary of.

Right now our two U.S. Senators and our U.S. Congressman are all over the place in terms of what they're thinking and how they're voting on this issue. So, I would really like to see our Federal Government representation get on the same page.

Over the past half-dozen years they've spent almost $2 billion in various kinds of safeguards, to make sure that people are registered correctly, to make sure that there's minimum opportunity for fraud on the voting cards, to have as much of a foolproof conduct of the election as possible,

Our whole expectation is that we can get an agreement that the council will feel good about voting on before we ever get to the point of binding arbitration.

Our soldiers are prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice for their country, and we must do our part. And that means voting for the funds they need to finish the job.

Our campaigns are focused on increasing the voter turnout and on the importance of voting for Arab parties.

Our biggest challenge is going to be getting that 100 percent perfect. We need to keep things secured but some voting stations aren't very secure and we can't post security guards at every one.

Our country moved to electronic voting in public elections before the technology was ready, ... This center will develop the fundamental science necessary for secure, accessible, trustworthy and transparent voting.

I wonder if my mom just got tired of voting for North College Hill.

I was hopeful that they were going to take a stand and vote to make it official that they intend to eliminate (longevity pay) during the next budget cycle. Voting in favor of eliminating it today would have sent a strong message to the voters and they chose not to do it. I was glad that Joe Jaynes did take a stand and make a motion, but I was disappointed that there was no second.

I think people were confused about what they were voting on.

I think he gives us a little window into what it took to be a pioneer in terms of the material cultures and the thought processes that went into voting and where he gave his business.

I think that has to do with the intensity issue. The voting was only 21 percent of the eligible voters. The ?yes' side was more invested, so more likely to show up as voters. They wanted to make a statement. The ?no' side was less organized. Eighty percent of the people didn't vote.

I think that some of the voting today was calculated to impact on the next nomination.

It is not very pervasive. It is the fastest growing part (of new voting technology).

I think it's out of hand. Just the sheer volume of initiatives and the confusing campaigns have subverted the original intent. We should be able to vote on fairly significant things and be able to figure out what we're voting on without three hours of study.

I think things are looking up, but you don't know until people actually go into the voting booth.

It had nothing to do with voting, ... It had everything to do with the fact that they were appreciative of things I did over the years to help the employees and the company.

It gives us a chance to upgrade our system and all our voting equipment,

I think we need to take some fundamental steps to ensure the accuracy and integrity of the voting process,

I think we would be able to pick up voting patterns very early, and I'm very anxious to find out what it will show.

It appears as though there was a concerted effort to figure out how they might be able to buy votes for Atlanta -- a dossier maybe on most, if not all of the voting members (of the IOC,)

It clearly shows the schizophrenic, dichotomized mind-set this nation clearly has in terms of extending voting rights and then taking them back.

We need a fair contract. Teachers feel totally disrespected. A lot of the vote was against the disrespect that's ongoing.

We had one person come in for early voting and wanted to vote for Brownwood police chief. We had to explain that the police chief isn't being elected right now.

We believe the most important issue we can address moving forward are the voting systems, ... We want to make sure that the will of every voter is self evident and we think that through the appropriate voting system that they will not only be able to feel comfortable with that, but that we can be assured.

The problem is you don't vote for a party. You're voting for a member of Congress. And we're a year away.

The problems with these voting machines have been known for decades and nothing has been done to change it. It is, in the end, a resort to the courts to ensure that these changes will be made and voters will no longer be disenfranchised.

Tying voter ID requirements to the REAL ID Act is bad for voting and for privacy, ... There's scant evidence that inadequate voter ID is a factor in election fraud. And the Commission admits to concerns that voter ID requirements could disenfranchise eligible voters, adversely affect minorities, or be used to monitor voting behaviors are 'serious and legitimate.' Moreover, the REAL ID Act turns drivers' licenses into de facto national IDs by forcing states to link their DMV databases so that drivers' personal data will instantly be available to a wide range of state, local, and federal officials. Once created, history has shown that law enforcement, employers, landlords, credit agencies, mortgage brokers, and direct mailers will find a way to access, and in all likelihood abuse, those databases.

We'll move toward voting next week, and when we do it will pass,

Well, my personal mission statement is that we want marriage equality in all 50 states. We want it not to be a state-by-state issue. We don't want it to be something the majority is voting on. I don't think the civil rights of any minority should be in the hands of any majority.

I would just like to thank the coaches in the league for recognizing our players. What the coaches are saying by voting our guys on is that they appreciate unselfishness, great attitudes and team basketball.

I would like to be a part, as much as I can, of the voting process,

I would never vote for anything like that,

The anger and frustration among all employee groups at Northwest Airlines was evident throughout the voting process. In the end, Northwest management failed to convince a majority of the work force that the proposal was appropriate or that they could be trusted to honor their commitments.

The American voting public has really gone full circle on this issue. After 2000, where people wanted to eliminate the need for paper and punch cards and older systems they felt weren't reliable. Then in the past few years there is growing concern with electronic systems. Federal and state officials are caught in the middle trying to address all these concerns.

Votes like that hurt the credibility. Whether it's carelessness or ignorance, you can't have votes for Idaho. It only takes one guy voting for Idaho to ruin it for the rest of the 114.

Voting against little kids in school is terrible, but I can't support this. They haven't told us what they're going to spend it on. ... All (Norris) has done is assure us he's going to spend it, and I'm sure he will.

Voting in favor would put senators in a better position to oppose later or a vote in opposition would put the president on notice that he better put somebody up who was acceptable to a broad spectrum of senators.

Voting in Florida is like there's some kind of goody in a box and you want to get it, but you've got to be persistent to get it,

Voting in Jerusalem is an essential condition for the holding of elections.

Voting is a fundamental right of citizens that must be preserved, and an honest election process must be returned to East Chicago,

Voting is a right, but it's also a responsibility. The state of Louisiana spent over $2.5 million trying to find everyone and let everyone know what their voting rights are.

Voting is the language of our democracy, ... And, regrettably, when it mattered most on Election Day, real people lost real opportunities to speak truth to power at the ballot box. This must never occur again if we can do anything to stop it.

Voting is the only opportunity we have to contribute, to select the people that we want that feel the same way we feel about things.

Voting is the right of every citizen. It's a national obligation because the results of the election should reflect a truthful expression of all Palestinians.

Voting operations (in the countryside) are normal, with some exceptions.

Voting should go quickly once people learn how to use the touch screen. It's better in a whole lot of ways than printed ballots. An election can be certified in two days. It should also minimize recounts. The old paper ballot machines would sometimes miscount the ballot and sometimes two ballots would go through instead of one. The touch screen will leave a paper audit trail and recover everything each voter does.

Voting so far is going pretty well considering that we have not had a whole lot on the ballot because there is not much opposition.

We have to wipe out Bushism itself, before it wipes us out. That means showing up and voting smart in every election, big and small. I think that in many ways that, the local elections are even more important than the national elections. It's the mayors and the city councils and county comissioners and the school boards and the legislators that decide how to spend the money they fleece off of us in taxes.

We have undertaken the most vigorous enforcement of the language minority provisions of the Voting Rights Act in its history.

We know that St. Louis is a baseball town and the city loves its Cardinals. It wouldn't be right if the fans - the people who support the Cardinals year after year - were not a part of the voting process.

The AAA has put gymnastics on probation this year because the (support) numbers have been decreasing steadily. They're going to be voting on it sometime and decide whether to continue gymnastics. Most of the people are saying they think this will be the last time.

The Alliance does not want to go to internal voting and take the consequences of such act.

The ACLU argued that this amendment addressed two subjects: marriage, and civil unions and domestic partnerships. They said people would be in favor of voting for marriage, but may not be in favor of banning civil unions. The Supreme Court rejected that argument and said that this amendment is about the singular purpose of marriage and maintaining and preserving the protections and obligations of marriage.

You can bet anything less than an impeccable voting record would be an issue in the November election.

You can divide neighborhoods, you can divide houses, you can probably divide double beds if you want, to get down to people's voting preferences.

You can have the same guy voting 10 times if you don't have the infrastructure to determine that the guy on the other side is who he is claiming to be. It's a challenge just getting people to get their viruses updated. Getting them to get their PKI authentication in place is something else entirely.

You just continue to listen. I've tried to make my viewpoint open as to why I took the vote I did.

We can all agree on the importance of voting.

Michael Vaughan's side has enjoyed considerable success on the field during the voting period and this award shows they have done so by upholding the traditional values of the game,

We do most of our key campaign work before early voting begins.

We continue to explore the possibilities of what can be done to remedy the unfairness of thousands of residents of Palm Beach County who believed they were voting for Al Gore, but had those votes calculated for Pat Buchanan, ... Our legal team has determined that the ballot in Palm Beach County was unlawful.

We don't comment on IOC members' voting intentions and it is irrelevant.

We hope to change the trend of voting within El Paso. We are trying to increase voter turnout and change the demographics of who is voting.

We have to take a vote, ... Im only one commissioner, but absolutely, it would be my desire to have it annually.

Well it's a tough vote it's gonna be a very close vote.

We had five coaches say they don't want their votes published -- these were deal-breakers for them, ... They said, 'I'd feel more comfortable voting honestly than having to go home and defend myself.'

We had a lot of (polling station) volunteers who said they saw people voting five times, seven times, eight times.

We encourage Monopoly fans to participate in the design of our new game board by voting often at our Web site for their favorite landmarks. Remember, elections are often won by a slim margin, so your vote could be the difference needed to land your favorite American city on a blue property space.

We don't have $1.7 million to spend on voting systems every two years. We eventually have to come up with something that's stable.

An American presidential campaign resembles a forced march through enemy country.

Voting Tory will cause your wife to have bigger breasts and increase your chances of owning a BMW M3.

We decided to celebrate the Voting Rights Act by having an African American run in every ward in the city.

There is a self interest in voting for a society where there is health care for all, where there's a mental health service for all, where there is education service for all.

What we're doing with this vote is saying that we've put together a terrific budget and challenged the status quo. We're actually doing the same with less and adding on to that with rebuilding.

If it were possible to take interest rates into negative territory I would be voting for that.

There are voting rights questions. There are serious issues on both sides. The rights of a lot of people are involved.

We have imposed the strictest voting system tests in the country. We think this should be part of it too,

U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz accused Republicans of trying to make it a crime to be an illegal alien. Democrats see a conspiracy plot. First Republicans want to say that illegal aliens are illegal, next they're going to want to take away their voting rights.

We usually have four. The voting was so close, we went with all six.

When I did my voting, it was very difficult. Normally I can get a better feel. But there were so many kids that had so many great seasons.

Voting for New Labour is like helping an old lady across the road while screaming 'Get a move on!' Even the Tories, who you could once rely on to be completely heartless are pretending to care.

Women will do anything Oprah Winfrey says, and that is why we can't have women voting.

All you need to know is this. You can never go wrong by voting for a bill that fails, or against a bill that passes.

In other words, the market is not a weighing machine, on which the value of each issue is recorded by an exact and impersonal mechanism, in accordance with its specific qualities. Rather should we say that the market is a voting machine, whereon countless individuals register choices which are the product partly of reason and partly of emotion.