Today's Oakland Mormon Temple Protest (Images)

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Sunday November 09, 2008 · 7:32 PM PST

2008/11/09 · 19:32

Below are a few of my pictures from the Prop. 8 protest at the Mormon Temple in Oakland this afternoon. There isn't much to say, other than a few hundred people showed up, and the crowd was energized and motivated.

My favorite moment was when a woman drove by three times waving her "Yes on 8" sign while screaming at us, "It has nothing to do with the church!" Oh really? So you just hate for fun then, miss? You've come to your decision to deny others their human and civil rights based on logic, critical thinking, and an abundance of rational thought? Excellent.

Anyway, enjoy the pictures, and as John suggested earlier over at Americablog, there's no better way to spend a Sunday Night than by watching South Park's "All About the Mormons" episode.

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Friday November 07, 2008 · 2:17 PM PST

2008/11/07 · 14:17

Hello again, Kossacks. You may remember me as the Peabody Award winning* diarist responsible for the Deep Inside Nevada's Early Voting Numbers series.

Those of you who read those diaries may remember that I'm from Oakland, California, but spent two weeks in October with my wife and sister-in-law in Las Vegas volunteering for now President-Elect Obama. Beyond the fun we had and excitement we felt volunteering, something else even more profound stood out to us while we were there: Clark County, Nevada's early voting system is unequaled and worthy of imitation.

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Friday October 31, 2008 · 11:42 PM PDT

2008/10/31 · 23:42

I feel like my firstborn is moving out of the house and going to college. It's over. Early voting is all over.

I started this diary series a couple of weeks ago in the hopes that, day by day, I'd be able to point to the numbers and say, "Look! We're doing better than 2004!" I thought I'd find places where Democrats had marginally higher turnout, or where Republicans appeared to have marginally worse enthusiasm compared to previous elections.

But that's not what has happened. Instead, I've been able to point to the numbers and say, "It ain't over of course, but right now, we're blowing this thing wide open. It isn't even close."

And it isn't. Something like 60% of the people who will vote in Nevada have already voted, and unless some inexplicable and unlikely swarm of both Democrats and Independents have jumped on the McSame Express, Barack Obama is up big with possession of the ball heading into the fourth quarter. More sports metaphors available upon request.

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Thursday October 30, 2008 · 10:55 PM PDT

2008/10/30 · 22:55

Well here we are. Just four days until Election Day, and only one day left for Nevadans to vote early.

The penultimate day of early voting saw most trends we've been chronicling continue, including the "lots and lots of people voted again today" trend.

It's Barack the Inspirer versus John the Defiler, live in the Silver State, round 9!

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Thursday October 30, 2008 · 1:01 AM PDT

2008/10/30 · 01:01

Hope you guys don't mind if I make this quick tonight. Like, real quick.

We just got home to Oakland after 12 hours on the road from Las Vegas. I'm a little tired.

So tonight, without analysis of any kind, I present your early voting numbers from Nevada...

HigherPie

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Tuesday October 28, 2008 · 11:13 PM PDT

2008/10/28 · 23:13

After 2 weeks of canvassing, phone banking, and mailer preparing, the time has finally come for my wife, sister-in-law and I to say goodbye to Sin City and the Obama campaign here and head home to Oakland to work on No on 8. We have a 10 hour drive ahead of us tomorrow, but we also have The Audacity of Hope on audiobook, so time will fly.

But leaving the Silver State doesn't mean I won't be keeping a close eye on early vote numbers in Nevada. I'll have another diary each and every day for you through the end of Nevada's early voting period on the 31st.

Today was yet another massive turnout day. 9,299 votes in Washoe County today, when only 34k people early voted in all of 2004!? I love the smell of change in the evening.

Percentage of DINEVN diaries to make the Rec List: 28.6%. Welcome to the George W. Bush of daily diary series!

Get your daily numbers fix below...

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Monday October 27, 2008 · 11:36 PM PDT

2008/10/27 · 23:36

Both Clark and Washoe County had their biggest early voting days on Monday, which of course looks to be great news for Barack Obama.

More importantly, my wife, sister-in-law and I attended Michelle Obama's rally in North Las Vegas tonight, where we were invited to sit behind the stage! If you've ever wanted to see HigherPie in the flesh, and I know you have, see below.

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Monday October 27, 2008 · 10:14 AM PDT

2008/10/27 · 10:14

I read a comment yesterday here at Kos that said something like, "People are too impatient and making too much of the early vote numbers."

This comment wasn't directed at me (directly, anyway), and I didn't take it personally. But my Nevada-centric response is: Nearly 30% of registered Nevadans have already voted (likely more than 40% of all votes that will be cast), and by Friday, more than half the votes that Nevada will cast will already be banked. We're nearly at halftime, and one candidate is already up a couple of touchdowns. As I've mentioned in every diary in this series, this is no reason for complacency. Me, I'm still canvassing Las Vegas every single day.

Yesterday was the final weekend day of early voting here in Nevada. The numbers remained stellar for the good guys. New today, I've also put together a snapshot glimpse at four other early voting states.

Updated with Sunday's actual party breakdown in Washoe.

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Sunday October 26, 2008 · 8:32 AM PDT

2008/10/26 · 08:32

Yesterday, I introduced absentee voting data (actual for Clark County, estimated for Washoe), developed a projection model that gives us a glimpse of what actual vote totals for Obama and McCain might be (based on good, bad, and moderate scenarios), and made the charts prettier, cleaner, and vastly more detailed.

Today, I got nothin'... except more good news for Barack Obama!

HigherPie

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Saturday October 25, 2008 · 11:23 AM PDT

2008/10/25 · 11:23

Nevada's early voting period is half finished.

Thursday night, we took a look at the extraordinary numbers from the Silver State. If you found any good news in that diary for John McCain, please contact Matt Drudge immediately.

In today's edition, I've got new charts, expanded old charts, more data, prettier colors, and a new Poblano-esque (okay, not really) projection model where I take a look at what the actual banked vote totals might be for each candidate.

Note: I've had this diary ready to publish for the last 4 hours, but I've been waiting for Washoe to report Friday's vote totals (which they usually do by 10 pm each night). They still haven't. So I'm going to publish with yesterday's Washoe numbers, and update the diary when the current numbers become available.

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Thursday October 23, 2008 · 11:20 PM PDT

2008/10/23 · 23:20

This is a continuation of a diary series I started two days ago that nobody reads because I keep posting them at midnight Pacific. - Final Update: Fail. Thanks for all the recs and kind words. Goodnight, at last!

Ready for an infusion of hope after a tremendous polling day (not to mention pretty charts)? Hit the jump.

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Wednesday October 22, 2008 · 12:11 AM PDT

2008/10/22 · 00:11

Clark County continues to rock out with its Barack out, and there's big news today in Washoe County, too. Yes, the voting total trends continue to inspire. Additionally, the Washoe County Election Department has decided to publish party affiliation data each day along with early voting totals. We can now see each day how many Republicans and Democrats (and "others") cast ballots each day.

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