Daily Archives: October 26, 2012

TRR: Romney Gallup Numbers Best Since 1936

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Mitt Romney’s Gallup daily tracking poll numbers are now better than any presidential challenger dating back to 1936.

The Gallup daily tracking poll of likely voters released on October 26 shows Mr. Romney leading Barack Obama 51% to 46%. Mr. Romney holds the lead in the nine elections since 1936 in which either an incumbent president was defeated or there was no incumbent. Tied for second are Mr. Obama (2008) and George H.W. Bush (1992) with 50% at this point in the race, followed by John F. Kennedy (1960), Jimmy Carter (1980) and George W. Bush (2000) with 49%, Dwight D. Eisenhower with 48% (1952), Richard M. Nixon with 44% (1968), Bill Clinton with 40% (1992) and finally Ronald Reagan who actually trailed Jimmy Carter in 1980 with 39% to Carter’s 45%.

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Arrest threats in Texas puzzle election monitors

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AUSTIN, Texas — Threats of arrests made by Texas’ top prosecutor puzzle international voting monitors who say the state didn’t make any fuss while they were there for the 2008 elections.

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is warning the Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe that its poll watchers face criminal charges if they come too close to voting sites. The U.S. State Department has even been dragged into the fray.

OSCE spokesman Thomas Rymer said Friday that its polling monitors were present in San Antonio in 2008 without issue.

He says the organization is stationing four pairs of observers in Texas, California, New York and Florida – the states with the most electoral votes.

Abbott says he’s leery because OSCE has met with groups that oppose voter ID initiatives.

Read more at HuffPost
More: Abbott threatens foreign election observers with arrest

Today is the last day to request early ballot.

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FLAGSTAFF—If you are not hunting U.N. election monitors and wish to get your ballot early, today is the last day to request an early ballot for the November 6 election. You can call the Elections Office at 928-679-7860 or toll-free 800-793-6181.

Voters are reminded NOT to use Sharpie-type or other markers that bleed through the ballot. A regular black pen is recommended. The ballot may otherwise be rejected.

If you do not contact the office by today, you will be required to go to the polls to vote.

The official list of write-in candidates for the election in PDF can be found here.