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Drive-Through Voting Debuts in SoCal

OC voters vote fast-food style

By the Associated Press

Posted Oct 21, 2008 8:34 AM CDT
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(AP) – You couldn't get a Big Mac at this drive-through, reports the AP—just democracy. Voters didn't need to leave their cars yesterday to either register or cast ballots at an electronic drive-through station. The one-day-only offer came on the last day of voter registration for Californians. An Orange County elections official said that registration is up 15% from four years ago.

"I know it is going to be busy as heck. We're preparing for heavy turnout," says the official. Only Orange County was offering the drive-through electronic voting service, but other jurisdictions have offered similar services: Sonoma County has a drive-up drop-box, and Riverside County uses a roving votemobile.

A car drives past a voting machine after participating in drive-through voting outside the Orange County Registrar of Voters office in Santa Ana, Calif., Monday, Oct. 20, 2008.
A car drives past a voting machine after participating in drive-through voting outside the Orange County Registrar of Voters office in Santa Ana, Calif., Monday, Oct. 20, 2008.   (Mark Avery)
Lance Trammell leans out of his car for drive-through voting outside the Orange County Registrar of Voters office in Santa Ana, Calif. on Monday, Oct. 20, 2008.
Lance Trammell leans out of his car for drive-through voting outside the Orange County Registrar of Voters office in Santa Ana, Calif. on Monday, Oct. 20, 2008.   (Mark Avery)
The screen of one of the voting machines set up for drive through voting is photographed outside the Orange County Registrar of Voters office in Santa Ana, Calif., Monday, Oct. 20, 2008.
The screen of one of the voting machines set up for drive through voting is photographed outside the Orange County Registrar of Voters office in Santa Ana, Calif., Monday, Oct. 20, 2008.   (Mark Avery)
Polling place workers move a voting machine closer to a car during drive-through voting outside the Orange County Registrar of Voters office in Santa Ana, Calif., Monday, Oct. 20, 2008.
Polling place workers move a voting machine closer to a car during drive-through voting outside the Orange County Registrar of Voters office in Santa Ana, Calif., Monday, Oct. 20, 2008.   (Mark Avery)
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Shannonals
Dec 3, 2008 4:21 AM CST
You have to be kidding me

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