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Video Special: Will Key State Race Turnaround in November?

By   /   May 22, 2012  /   13 Comments

On the heels of her primary election defeat to Ernie Chambers, State Sen. Brenda Council is predicting a turnaround in November.

In an exclusive on camera interview with Nebraska Watchdog, Council wonders how many of her voters—caught up in the ongoing poll closings controversy— didn’t get to cast a ballot for her; she’s less interested in how many potential voters Chambers may have lost.

Chambers, who held the 11th District seat in north Omaha until he was term limited to the sidelines four years ago, won the primary by 147 votes, 53-47 percent.

Council expects a bigger turnout on Election Day. While 2,839 votes were cast in the primary, on Election Day in 2008 nearly 11,000 votes were cast in the district.

Chambers, who was not available for an on camera interview, tells Nebraska Watchdog he expects “the same” results in November because he’s “never lost” a Senate race.


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  • http://boodogmom@aol.com Joan

    The Primmary was a voters nightmare thanks to Mr Phipps. Mr Phipps should be fired and voters should be given clean acurate ballots and their old polling places back. This attack against the people and their Civil Rights is unbelievable and taking us back to the 50′s. Republicans must be voted out of office and charged with their crimes.

  • Sue

    I had no trouble finding my new polling place. The address is printed on the post card mailed well before the election.

  • Danielle

    Amen Sue! And I just sent in my early ballot request, filled it out in the comfort of my home, and dropped it off in the mailbox outside of the election commissioner’s office.

  • http://boodogmom@aol.com Joan

    Well Sue and Danielle arn’t you special…I worked the day of the Primary and I can tell you the elderly and poor Democrats did not get such great survice nor correct information. There was profound confussion in their neighborhood.

  • Watching From Lincoln

    Well, Sue, what about the 2000+ post cards that were mailed with the wrong polling place information on them? Porcine Phipps is either incompetent and bungled this up from the get-go, or the attempt at voter disenfranchisement was intentional and criminal charges should be filed. Which ever way it went down, he should be removed as Election Commissioner immediately, but of course Do Nothing Dave can never admit he made an error – just look at his attempt at child welfare reform – let alone cross his handlers and do what’s right.

  • TexasAnnie

    Sooo…are you guys FOR Chambers OR Council? It’s too bad about the goofed-up polling places, but whom shall you support?

    Watching: Dave did nothing about BSDC, also.

  • SoWhat???

    Let’s see…Ernie “Uncle Ho” Chambers or Brenda “Chairwoman Mao” Council? How about neither??? Brenda is only a little less racist than Ernie, so that’s likely to cost her the election given the general composition of that district.

    There will be no “voter confusion” in North O this fall for the general election. The Obama campaign and its supporters will be getting their voters to the poll since there will be lots of “walking around money” spread in the district like in 2008.

    Beyond a lone Lone Star state resident, nobody cares about the BSDC TA…and nobody ever will.

  • Grew up in North O

    Wow! Many commenters clearly lack cultural exposure. Wow!

  • Grew up in North O

    Or a basic understanding of the purpose of the Voters Rights Act. If the state provides FREE IDs this would be a less significant issue. Otherwise, it is a thinly disguised poll tax, designed to disenfranchise the poor.

  • Dan

    Well ‘grew up’, the only flaw in your argument is that the scotus has already declared that photo id is NOT a poll tax, check and mate my friend.

  • DANNY

    @ Dan: And of course,the scotus is NEVER wrong !!!!

    Gore v Bush,2000………..Superpacs,

    ………Dred Scott,etc,etc,etc…………

  • James Mason II

    Very interesting to have Brenda give out the voting figures of that district. Saves me time from having to look it up. Nice appraisal too. Handy.

  • James Mason II

    How’s that for cultural ‘O’….?