More democratian idiocy: screwing up the vote count.

More clueless idiocy from the Lazy C.

Nearly 1 in 5 election ballots returned in Clark County

By The Columbian

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

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Nearly one in five ballots mailed to registered voters in Clark County have been filled out and returned to the elections office.

On Oct. 15, the Clark County Elections Department mailed out more than 241,000 ballots to registered voters in the county. As of Wednesday afternoon, about 42,000 made it back to the elections office.

So far, voter turnout is similar when compared to the 2008 general election. By this same time in 2008, about 44,000 ballots had been returned in Clark County.

The office of the Secretary of the State predicts a 81 percent voter turnout statewide in the 2012 general election. In 2008, general election turnout was 84.6 percent.

Ballots in the Nov. 6 vote-by-mail general election must be postmarked by Nov. 6. Ballots also can be returned to several drop-off locations throughout the county by no later than 8 p.m. Nov. 6.

For more information, go online to Clark County Elections or call the elections department at 360-397-2345.

The boldfaced babble above is, of course, dead wrong:  the first 4 days of ballot returns (through today)

                               November 6, 2012         
                      General Election
   
Total Ballots Mailed                                         241,107              
              
                                                                       Voted Ballots
     Date                                                        Received Daily
              
10/19/2012                                                       12,073
10/22/2012                                                       10,626
10/23/2012                                                       11,237
10/24/2012                                                         8,384

So, while 42,000 or so votes have been returned by today, in 2008's general election, the number was roughly 50% of that figure:

              November 4, 2008
               General Election

 Total Ballots Mailed                                             216,508
       
Date                                                            Voted  Ballots
                                                                       Rec'd Daily

Oct 17                                                                  482
Oct 20                                                                1,715
Oct 21                                                              12,172
Oct 22                                                                6,944

As anyone can see, the number of ballots returned so far is roughly twice as many as 2008.

For the rag to be this wrong, while the sort of mistake we've come to expect from those clowns, it's inexplicable.

The question?

What does this massive turn out mean?  Is it good news for the left, or the right?

Given the well-known enthusiasm gap and distaste for the left... this likely can't be good for the dems.