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Election Night 11-3-2026 · Chuck Douglas

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  Speaker 1: Greetings, salutations, welcome my friends to another edition of the
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  Speaker 1: Power Hour on 610 WTVN. I'm Chuck Douglas, you know
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  Speaker 1: who you are, and we take it from there. We
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  Speaker 1: get one hour together, which means I talk really fast
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  Speaker 1: and you must listen even faster. My number 821-9886, 821-WTVN, 1-800-610-WTVN.
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  Speaker 1: What a beautiful June evening it is, isn't it? It's
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  Speaker 1: a beautiful June evening out there. Perfect weather. Oh my gosh,
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  Speaker 1: I cannot believe it. I was asking Mark because he
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  Speaker 1: went to vote earlier than I did. I went at
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  Speaker 1: about 1030 this morning. I asked him if he wore shorts,
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  Speaker 1: but he did not. Just about every guy in my
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  Speaker 1: polling place was wearing shorts and a t-shirt.
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  Speaker 2: Charlie was wearing shorts. He went with me.
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  Speaker 1: Can you believe in November? I know, right?
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  Speaker 2: I'm afraid that like January and February are going to
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  Speaker 2: be horrendous, but I hope not.
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  Speaker 1: We always pay for it. We always pay for it.
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  Speaker 1: What time did you go to do your civic duty?
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  Speaker 1: About 10, 1030. How was the crowd? Not too bad.
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  Speaker 2: It was... It was somewhat full, but it was just steady. Now,
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  Speaker 2: I live literally walking from here to the parking lot
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  Speaker 2: away from my polling place.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, that's convenient. Yeah, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I drove past there a bunch, and it was full.
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  Speaker 2: Parking lot was full, full, full, full, in and out,
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  Speaker 2: in and out cars. But it was quick, in and out.
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  Speaker 1: Do you vote in a school?
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  Speaker 2: Church.
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  Speaker 3: A church?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. You know, the school thing, because I noticed children
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  Speaker 1: out of school today. Yeah. And it's because the world
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  Speaker 1: has become so screwed up that you can no longer
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  Speaker 1: have children in school while voting is going on. When
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  Speaker 1: I was a kid, my elementary school, Highland Elementary School,
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  Speaker 1: was where you voted there in the auditorium. Well, it
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  Speaker 1: was the gym slash lunchroom slash auditorium. Yeah. And the
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  Speaker 1: kids were all told, you know, it's voting day. You
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  Speaker 1: need to be quiet. No screaming in the hallways. We
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  Speaker 1: have to be. And it taught, I think, children a
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  Speaker 1: sense of responsibility and about the solemnness of the voting process.
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  Speaker 1: And they got to witness these people coming in. Now
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  Speaker 1: we're so worried that some nutcase, some pervert's going to
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  Speaker 1: show up at the polling place that kids can't go
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  Speaker 1: to school because voting is happening. I don't like that.
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  Speaker 1: I don't like it. I we need to perhaps not
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  Speaker 1: have voting in schools if that's going to be the case.
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  Speaker 1: Because that's. It was a wonderful thing when the kids
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  Speaker 1: got to see the process. But if they're not going
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  Speaker 1: to be in school. It's it might not be a
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  Speaker 1: good idea. I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: That's why I took Charlie. He was there, what, two
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  Speaker 2: years ago, and he sort of remembered kind of. So
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  Speaker 2: this time, hey, this is where you sign in. This
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  Speaker 2: is where you stand. And this is they bring you
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  Speaker 2: around here. And then he's like, OK, we vote for blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
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  Speaker 2: And then he's like, we're done. I'm like, no, you
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  Speaker 2: got to print it out. Then you got to put
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  Speaker 2: it in the in the scanner. Then that counts your vote.
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  Speaker 2: And he's like, oh, OK. It looks like a receipt.
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  Speaker 2: Like you bought something.
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  Speaker 1: Now, do you actually go over that card before you
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  Speaker 1: insert it to be counted? Yes.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Good for you.
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  Speaker 2: Just just because.
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  Speaker 1: Good for you. I don't trust anything. And I saw
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  Speaker 1: way too many people finish and it spits out their
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  Speaker 1: card and they just walked it up there and never
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  Speaker 1: paid any attention to what was on there. That's a
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  Speaker 1: bad idea. You want to check that. That's like a receipt.
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  Speaker 1: You have to. And I just– but you can't stand
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  Speaker 1: in the polling place giving advice to people. I mean
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  Speaker 1: that's– they frown on that. Yeah. As always, as I
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  Speaker 1: entered the polling place, the Democrats were out there in
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  Speaker 1: full force. They always are. I rarely see a contingent
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  Speaker 1: of Republicans out there handing out slate cards or anything
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  Speaker 1: like that when I go to vote.
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  Speaker 2: I've never seen it in my precinct. They have to
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  Speaker 2: be a certain distance away, right?
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  Speaker 1: Right, 100 feet. Okay. 100 feet away. But I rarely
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  Speaker 1: see any organized Republican stuff at the individual polls. Now,
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  Speaker 1: the Republicans were very present at the– at the voting
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  Speaker 1: center up on Morris road this year. And they had
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  Speaker 1: a couple of times where they, you know, they came
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  Speaker 1: out in force to, to make a big impression, but
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  Speaker 1: you rarely see them at a polling place. The Democrats
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  Speaker 1: are out there. We've got a couple of people handing
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  Speaker 1: out slate cards. I did not see any individual candidates.
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  Speaker 1: They did have a DJ that was, I've never seen this.
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  Speaker 1: The DJ was out there, you know, spinning the tunes
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  Speaker 1: at the sidewalk, a hundred feet away from the entrance.
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  Speaker 1: To the polling place and, you know, bless their hearts.
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  Speaker 1: They were out there doing their thing and having fun. But.
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  Speaker 2: Did they play anything good?
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  Speaker 1: She was playing a remix of Cheryl Lynn's got to
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  Speaker 1: be real when I walked by. That's all I can
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  Speaker 1: tell you. They just but but again, you don't you
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  Speaker 1: don't see that kind of thing out there from. From Republicans,
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  Speaker 1: among the other voting news today, future voting news. I
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  Speaker 1: don't know if you saw this or not, but there
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  Speaker 1: is a state representative who's running to retain her seat
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  Speaker 1: in the legislature. Today, she's running to retain her seat
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  Speaker 1: in the legislature. However, apparently she has also begun the
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  Speaker 1: paperwork to run for mayor of Columbus. Did you see
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  Speaker 1: this story? I'm looking forward to it. The cannibalization in
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  Speaker 1: the Columbus area. Democrat circle is going to be entertaining
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  Speaker 1: this year.
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  Speaker 2: I did not see it, but there's something very important.
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  Speaker 1: What's that?
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  Speaker 3: On the line.
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  Speaker 1: What's that? Oh, okay. Well, I don't know that I
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  Speaker 1: can help. Catherine, you're on 610 WTVN. Zach says it's urgent.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, it is urgent. I'm outside of the polls, and
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  Speaker 3: I'm going in.
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  Speaker 1: I know you talked about this. What is issue three?
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  Speaker 3: Like, I need to know which way to vote.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I will tell you. You're my guy. Are you
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  Speaker 1: in Columbus proper? I am, yes.
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  Speaker 2: Well, no, I'm outside of Columbus, Hilliard.
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  Speaker 3: Area, but it's, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: If you vote for city of Columbus, like you pay,
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  Speaker 1: you've got Hilliard schools, but it's Columbus police? Or a
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  Speaker 1: Hilliard address? It's right on the edge. OK. Yeah. Let
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  Speaker 1: me tell you the three issues. The three issues that
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  Speaker 1: you may encounter then. Issue three is the statewide issue
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  Speaker 1: to make voting I.D. a constitutional amendment. The reason that
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  Speaker 1: it is on there, although the Democrats will tell you
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  Speaker 1: we already have it, it's a law, we don't need
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  Speaker 1: to do that. If we were to get a strong
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  Speaker 1: majority Democrat legislature in the future, they could change that
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  Speaker 1: law and make it, you know, no longer necessary to
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  Speaker 1: show I.D. to vote. By making it part of the Constitution,
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  Speaker 1: you will have to show ID to vote, and they
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  Speaker 1: won't be able to overturn it no matter what their
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  Speaker 1: majority is in the House or in the Senate. So
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  Speaker 1: I'm voting no. No, I was a yes on three
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  Speaker 1: because I want it to be part of the— Yes, yes, okay, yes.
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  Speaker 1: You also may encounter issues eight and nine if you
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  Speaker 1: have a Columbus ballot. Eight and nine, both— Eight and
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  Speaker 1: nine both increase the size of Columbus City Council. Issue
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  Speaker 1: eight is a citizen backed initiative that basically creates areas
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  Speaker 1: of representation. So the south side will have a representative.
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  Speaker 1: The west side will have a representative as opposed to
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  Speaker 1: having somebody in Clintonville decide what happens on the hilltop.
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  Speaker 1: Issue nine does the same thing, but it also adds
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  Speaker 1: three more at large seats that which means somebody from
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  Speaker 1: Clintonville gets elected and they're voting on stuff that affects
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  Speaker 1: the Hilltop. That is city council's way of answering eight.
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  Speaker 1: Not only must issue eight be a yes, but issue
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  Speaker 1: nine must get a no vote because if they both pass,
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  Speaker 1: issue nine supersedes issue eight. So I was a yes
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  Speaker 1: on three. I was a yes on eight. I was
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  Speaker 1: a no on nine. Okay.
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  Speaker 2: Okay.
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  Speaker 3: I hope that helps other people, too.
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  Speaker 1: And I'm about to go in and vote. Go do
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  Speaker 1: your duty. You are very welcome. Yes, I will.
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely.
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  Speaker 1: OK.
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  Speaker 2: All right.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you. Take care. Bye bye. You too. Bye bye.
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  Speaker 1: That was that was good of her to call and ask.
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  Speaker 2: I didn't mean to interrupt anything, but that was urgent.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, she's standing outside the polls. Yeah. I want
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  Speaker 1: to make sure I answer that kind of question. And,
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  Speaker 1: you know, as I said, that's the way I voted.
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  Speaker 1: She may choose to vote another way. But that's that
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  Speaker 1: was my voting and my reasoning behind it. And as
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  Speaker 1: I said last night, I also voted for a libertarian
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  Speaker 1: and I voted for a Democrat. Because the Democrat is unchallenged.
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  Speaker 1: That is Franklin County Auditor Mike Stenziano. And I voted
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  Speaker 1: for him basically just as a show of support. He
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  Speaker 1: does a fine job. He's a nice guy, Democrat or not.
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  Speaker 1: He is what I call a traditional Democrat. And he
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  Speaker 1: is not one of these over-the-top socialist crazies. He's level-headed. Yes.
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  Speaker 3: Yes.
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  Speaker 1: So I voted for him just as a show of support,
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  Speaker 1: even though he had no competition. And I voted for
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  Speaker 1: the Libertarian running for Franklin County Commissioner. Because, one, I've
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  Speaker 1: had enough of Eric Crowley. And two, this is an
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  Speaker 1: opportunity for me to watch and learn and see what
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  Speaker 1: the libertarians have learned. If he gets elected, this begins
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  Speaker 1: something for them. And libertarians could very possibly become a factor,
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  Speaker 1: a force in elections. But they've got to define themselves.
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  Speaker 1: Not only on their own platform, but in the eyes
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  Speaker 1: of the voters. And they have not done that to
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  Speaker 1: this point. That's the key, in the eyes of the voters. Right.
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  Speaker 2: It's very open-ended, what a libertarian is for a lot
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  Speaker 2: of people.
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  Speaker 1: Right. And a third-party candidate, I believe, can win local
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  Speaker 1: as well as national office. it can be done. Perot
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  Speaker 1: was in, then he was out, then he was in,
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  Speaker 1: then he was out. And a lot of people thought
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  Speaker 1: he was just flat-out nuts. And he still managed to
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  Speaker 1: garner 19% of the vote as a third-party candidate. Someone
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  Speaker 1: who is a vibrant candidate, a good... A good communicator,
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  Speaker 1: a strong campaigner, third party or not, I believe there
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  Speaker 1: is room for that, and I think it's probably time
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  Speaker 1: for that. But there is no go-to at this point.
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  Speaker 1: Perot's United We Stand Party is a memory, and the
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  Speaker 1: Libertarians just need to be defined first with themselves, then
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  Speaker 1: with the voters. And having this guy as a Franklin
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  Speaker 1: County Commissioner, I think, gives them that opportunity. He'll be
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  Speaker 1: one of three voices. but it gives them that opportunity
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  Speaker 1: to start being seen as and, and conducting themselves as
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  Speaker 1: legitimate politicians. So I hope it's a good thing. Anyway,
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  Speaker 1: that's where I was. 821-988-6 number. John, you're on 610 WTV.
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  Speaker 1: And how are you?
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  Speaker 3: Hey, Chuck. I'm great. Hey, listen, that's done. You know,
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  Speaker 3: that was a very good vote because that's a good family.
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  Speaker 3: They've been around and, uh, I applaud you on that one. Um,
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  Speaker 3: Great news for the good guys. I'm out here in
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  Speaker 3: Fairfield County. I'm down at my election location, and the
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  Speaker 3: place is packed.
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  Speaker 1: Great.
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  Speaker 3: Cars are lined up to get in. And I've been
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  Speaker 3: a poll worker for many years. I've never seen anything
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  Speaker 3: like it except for the presidential. And, you know, we're
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  Speaker 3: pretty conservative out here in Lancaster. So I think it's
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  Speaker 3: a fantastic sign for the good guys.
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  Speaker 1: I'm glad to hear that, John. That's what I was
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  Speaker 1: saying earlier. Don't count out middle America. Don't count out
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  Speaker 1: the farm towns. There's way more of that than there
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  Speaker 1: is Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton, and Cleveland.
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  Speaker 3: And we're seeing it. We're seeing it.
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  Speaker 1: I appreciate the update.
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  Speaker 3: You're doing a great job of having the good guys on.
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  Speaker 3: You could be making a decision while you're driving to
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  Speaker 3: the polls.
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  Speaker 2: You never know.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Hey, Catherine just called from outside her polling place.
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  Speaker 3: I just listened. Yeah, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: What high school?
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  Speaker 3: You went there. Do you remember voting machines in elementary school,
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  Speaker 3: West Broad Elementary?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I remember there was voting at West Broad and
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  Speaker 1: Highland and West Mound over on the west side.
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely. My gosh.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: I just was reminiscing there about that.
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  Speaker 1: Those were the days. I appreciate it, John. Thanks very much, buddy.
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  Speaker 1: Take care.