Ballot Quotes

A blind person can use the machine and receive instructions on an audible track. We will have one of those machines in each precinct. This will allow truly secret ballots. - John Burns

A ballot statement is supposed to be about your education and qualifications. It's not supposed to be a hit piece. - Larry Stone

[Willie Davis, the senior pastor at Greater St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church and a supporter of the amendment, agrees.] This is not the normal right, evangelical fight. We are supporting it because of our biblical beliefs, ... That's not a principle we adopted because it's on the ballot. That's something we always believed in. I would hope we do not rewrite history as to what the creator has already defined. - Willie Davis

[Weaver proposed that Articles 4, 5, and 7, and possibly Article 6, be discussed first and voted in a secret ballot, postponing action until all the articles have discussed. Use of the voting machine at the meeting would avoid further dispute based on challenges to vote counts. And given the] passion on so many sides... looks out for the rights of the voters. - Paul Weaver

[King, who has lived in Idaho for 28 years, said she is proud of rural Custer County and noted that she still votes by paper ballot in the nearby town of Clayton. A sign near her house says] Welcome to Challis, Gateway to Wilderness. ... It does not say 'Gateway to Off-Road Vehicle Trails.' - Carole King

[Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville, whose team finished No. 2 in the final polls last season, says he considered voting for Texas, Iowa, Miami and Virginia Tech before settling on Michigan for No. 2 on his preseason ballot.] I had no clue... Just take one of them out and put them in there. - Tommy Tuberville

[A television ad for the ballot measures began Wednesday in the two states. In the 30-second spot, McCain says that because of a legal loophole, felons have bought and sold thousands of guns at shows.] Many were later used in crimes... That's wrong. - John McCain

(Zuccarelli) suggested that Thaddeus Jones withdraw his name from the ballot. ... (Jones) agreed to withdraw. - Bob Storman

(The commissioners) are under obligation to place them on the ballot. I can't make them put them on the ballot. If they don't, we'll let the judge decide if there should be sanctions. - Ken Weiss