Vote 2008: Before the booth
Super Duper Tuesday is almost here, your chance to pick a President. Are you ready to hit the polls?
Q: Where do I vote?
A: Don’t just guess the location: Make the call today to find out. Jefferson County: 325-5550, Jefferson County (Bessemer only): 481-4105, Shelby County: 669-3913.
Q: What can I expect to see on the ballots?
A: Check out the sample ballots (PDF) by congressional district [map] and party …
Q: What’s on the ballot?
A: Presidential candidates, plus the Jefferson County Commission District 1 seat [PDF map] to fill Mayor Langford’s former position.
Q: Which person will make the best President?
A: What, we gotta do everything? Try our candidate quizzes, or visit each contender’s Web site.
Q: Any more candidate visits?
A: Nope. Mitt Romney was supposed to visit Birmingham today, but will hit Georgia and Tennessee instead.
Q: Which newspapers endorsed which candidates?
A: The ones listed below all endorsed John McCain for the Republican nomination and split on the Democratic nomination.
- Birmingham News: Barack Obama (D) and John McCain (R)
- Daily Home (Talladega): Hillary Clinton (D) and John McCain (R)
- Decatur Daily: Hillary Clinton (D) and John McCain (R)
- Montgomery Advertiser: Hillary Clinton (D) and John McCain (R)
- Selma Times-Journal: Barack Obama (D) and John McCain (R)
- Times Daily (Florence): Barack Obama (D) and John McCain (R)
- Tuscaloosa News: Barack Obama (D) and John McCain (R)
Q: Should I vote for candidates and their delegates?
A: You don’t have to, but if so, do it with care, otherwise you may accidentally disqualify your own ballot.
Q: Anything else?
A: Check out Fundrace, a way to see which candidates received campaign donations from your neighbors.
For example, you can see a list of donors in specific ZIP codes, such as …
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Monday, February 4, 2008, 10:32 am
Obama’s site has a poll finder: http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/allookup
Monday, February 4, 2008, 3:36 pm
[...] of all time,” why not start thinking about what you may want to do tomorrow… after voting (or getting your friends to) that [...]
Monday, February 4, 2008, 5:02 pm
“Q: Any more candidate visits?
A: Nope.”
What, Hugh Cort won’t be manning his campaign HQ at Office Park Circle?
Monday, February 4, 2008, 6:09 pm
@Ginny: Nice find. If only the State of Alabama site had such a simple tool …
@Dave: I thought Mr. Cort would be campaigning in Arizona or Quebec or something.