good news Bamba
Habib
I may just do an absentee ballot voting this week before I change my mind
By the way if you walk into the elections office from now until noon on Saturday you can do an absentee vote
. Do not consider using the mail it may be too late . It closes tomorrow

Bamba Laye Jallow wrote:

> FYI
>
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> >  Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 09:26:54 -0800
> >  Subject: Third Party Candidates & Polls
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> >  I've already done my part for this election season. I voted last
> Saturday.
> >  Since we expect things to be pretty crazy on election day, we've been
> >  encouraging everyone at "Nightline" to vote absentee. That way they're
> sure
> >  to be able to vote. I know of one journalist who made the point that
> >  journalists shouldn't vote at all. This person felt that just the act of
> >  voting would jeopardize their objectivity, and make it more difficult for
>
> >  them to cover the election impartially. An interesting thought, but I
> >  disagree. And I digress.
> >
> >  I'm sure it will come as no surprise that we're going to be focusing on
> >  politics tonight. We've been devoting Monday nights to politics for some
> >  time now anyway, but with the election just one week away, this seems
> like
> >  an obvious call. I expect that we will, in some way, be covering the
> >  election each night this week. Unless, of course, there is breaking news
> of
> >  some sort. Those of you who can't stand to hear another word about
> politics
> >  are probably hoping for that breaking news.
> >
> >  Tonight we'll be trying to cover a number of bases. We'll hear from
> ABCNEWS
> >  correspondents Terry Moran, with the Gore campaign, and Dean Reynolds
> >  covering Bush. And we'll be interviewing a man most of you never see,
> >  although you see his work on a regular basis: Gary Langer, the director
> of
> >  polling for ABCNEWS. He's going to try to help us make sense of the polls
>
> >  this year, many of which have been swinging wildly. I don't remember an
> >  election where the polls have been so different from each other, and
> we're
> >  hoping Gary can help explain why. We know a lot of voters don't like
> polls,
> >  they think that we, the media, focus on them too much, and that the
> >  candidates can let the polls dictate their actions and programs. We
> always
> >  wonder if people out there are being a little dishonest with the
> pollsters,
> >  just to make things more interesting.
> >
> >  Tomorrow night, Ted Koppel will anchor a town meeting from Minneapolis
> with
> >  Jesse Ventura and Ralph Nader. When this was first planned, the focus was
>
> >  intended to be a look at third-party candidates in general. But with the
> >  increased focus on Nader by the Gore campaign, and their fear that he is
> >  siphoning off votes that might otherwise go to their candidate, it seems
> >  like a perfect time to hear from him. Tonight, we're going to have three
> >  other third-party candidates on the broadcast. I'm going to be a little
> >  coy, or obnoxious, depending on your point of view, and not tell you who
> >  those three are. I wonder how many of you will be able to identify them.
> I
> >  know that I had trouble naming them.
> >
> >  Gary Langer, the polling director I mentioned above, just called to say
> >  that today's ABCNEWS poll shows a dead heat between Gore and Bush. Things
>
> >  are probably going to get pretty heated in the next few days as both
> >  candidates try to break out.
> >
> >  Oct. 30, 2000
> >
> >  Leroy Sievers
> >  Executive Producer
> >  "Nightline" Office
> >  Washington, D.C.
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