10/28/2012, 11:02 am
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Democratic National Hurricane Center today updated its predictions of the impact of Hurricane Sandy on the densely democratically populated East Coast, painting an ambiguous picture for the vital electoral region.
Forecaster Dunham pulled no punches: "We're Fluked. Plain and simple. This may be the first time for a lot of Democrats to experience a blow of this magnitude." Dunham continued, suggesting that early voting patterns would remain unsettled for many days following the perfect storm's landfall expected early Tuesday. "We could be looking at tornadoes, mixed with volcanoes and glaciers, pounding Democratic precincts for up to a full week," she said.
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Party officials, ever concerned with the safety of women, minorities and children, who are expected to be the hardest hit, were swift to respond to the dire threat to their electoral victory.Speaking from Chicago, campaign insider David Axelrose reassured voters that even if they stay home, their votes would be cast and counted "even if I had to do it myself."
"We will not stand for this racist and misogynist attack on our Democratic traditions," Axelrose stated, adding that this weather is a premeditated act on the part of the Republican National Committee.
"Global warming, caused by George Bush's anti-environmental policies, generated the hurricane, and the RNC is steering it, in much the same way they steered Hurricane Katrina, to have the greatest possible impact on urban minority populations. It is even more despicable that they are doing so on the eve of the most important national election in the history of the world," Axelrose said.
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In response to the potential electoral disaster looming for the administration, Axelrose announced that the party had initiated the Voter Opportunity Response With Alternate Realtime System, or VORWARTS, to insure that all voters had the chance to cast their ballot regardless of the weather conditions."Party poll workers stand ready to accept phone-in votes from anyone who cannot make it to the polls due to adverse weather or for any other reason during the early voting period," he explained.
"In addition," he continued,"we are busing in SEIU volunteers to assist with the VORWARTS program on election day itself. These bipartisan proxies will fill out all unclaimed ballots after the polls have closed on November 6 to ensure that the voice of every registered voter has been heard, no matter what the weather conditions."
Axelrose encouraged voters to take advantage of the VORWARTS program with a reassuring smile. "You have enough to worry about: coping with torrential rain, potential downed power lines, and the threat of unseasonal snowfall. Relax, go VORWARTS, and leave the voting to us."
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