90 percent of voters say they will vote or have already voted in the midterm elections

[mystery-ak]

10/19/2018

Ninety percent of registered voters say they have voted or plan to vote in November's midterm elections, according to a new American Barometer survey.

The poll, conducted by Hill.TV and the HarrisX polling company, found that 11.5 percent of voters said they had already voted in the elections, while 12.2 percent of respondents said they plan to vote in person before Election Day.

Another 48.7 percent of respondents said they planned to vote in person on Election Day, and 17.9 percent of voters said they planned to vote by mail or absentee ballot.

Ten percent of respondents said they did not plan to vote at all.

The poll comes amid a spike in voter enthusiasm among Republicans and Democrats in the final weeks before November's midterm elections, which are widely expected to be a referendum on President Trump's first two years in office.

A Washington Post/ABC News poll released earlier this week found that 76 percent of voters said they are "absolutely certain to vote," up 11 points from those who said the same when asked during the 2014 midterms.

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https://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/412275-90-percent-of-voters-say-they-will-vote-or-have-already-voted

[Victoria33]

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For a Texas county who uses paper ballots and runs out of ballots on election day:
The ballots are printed based on the turn out in previous elections.  Since more are going to vote this time, a voting precinct may run out of paper ballots at the polls.  First thing is: Judge at polling place contacts election administrator and asks for more ballots for that precinct.  If told there are no more for that precinct, more ballots can be printed for that precinct, however each ballot has its own number so these extra ballots printed do not have a number. 

What happens next?  The extra printed ballots are taken to the precinct.  The election Judge of that precinct has awesome power - his/her signature on a ballot makes it a legal ballot.  He/she will number each ballot and sign it - now, it is as legal as the first ballots printed.  Now, what happens if no ballots can be printed - any piece of paper a Judge signs, makes it a legal ballot.  Judge could write candidates' names on toilet paper and sign it and it is a legal ballot.