THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Wednesday, November 6, 1996 TAG: 9611060370
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A11 EDITION: FINAL
SERIES: Decision 96
LENGTH: 101 lines
The poll results Tuesday at Chick's Oyster Bar, a popular Beach hangout on Lynnhaven Inlet, might not have been the most accurate, but they were easier to swallow than anything CNN could offer.
Chef Kris Jenkins let the lunch crowd stick a fork in their favorite candidate with a special Election Day menu:
Ross Perot Pasta: Sauteed shrimp, andouille sausage, artichoke hearts and black olives over linguini, in a Texas butter sauce. $7.95.
Bill Clinton Burger: Barbecued, topped with hickory-smoked bacon with lots o' cheese. $5.75.
Bob Dole on a Roll: Pan-seared rockfish sandwich with sauteed spinach, mushrooms, sun-dried tomatoes and feta cheese. $6.95.
Late-afternoon returns had it Dole 12, Perot 7, and Clinton 2.
The restaurant was open after the real polls closed, so there was still time for Clinton to ketchup.
- Dave Addis Who says the press plays favorites?
Even The New York Times crossword puzzle didn't let Election Day escape unnoticed. And it noticed in an ingenious way.
The clues for 39 and 43 across, ``Lead story in tomorrow's newspaper,'' worked out to be ``Clinton elected.'' But wait - the answer ``Bob Dole elected'' also fit very nicely.
The puzzle was constructed so that the answer to a down clue, ``Black Halloween animal,'' may be ``cat'' or ``bat.'' If cat, that's the first letter of Clinton; if bat, it's the start of Bob Dole. The same goes for the next six down words. Each has two possible, correct answers.
- Associated Press When voting becomes a moving target
Throngs of Chesapeake residents emerged from polls with ``I voted'' stickers on their lapels. But some wandered out dazed, without having cast a ballot.
They were turned away from precincts where they thought they were assigned, and sent to new precincts. The voter registrar changed Chesapeake's precincts this fall, adding nine new locations. Election officials say they sent notices to all 27,000 affected voters.
Some voters said they never got the word.
Kathy A. Miller, 44, who lives in the Greenbrier section, said she was angry and frustrated at the hour and a half it took her to find her correct polling place and cast her vote.
But she said it won't discourage her from voting again. She'll just make sure to call the registrar's office to check her precinct.
- Elizabeth Thiel Voting first didn't mean it was sweet
Long before most of us voted Tuesday, two tiny towns in New Hampshire's White Mountains started early - shortly after midnight.
At Hart's Location, 21 residents filed into voting booths in the Notchland Inn's wood-paneled dining room.
It took them four minutes. The final count, including absentee ballots: Bob Dole 13, President Clinton 12, Ross Perot 4, Libertarian Harry Browne 2.
Across the mountains, in Dixville Notch, the ritual was repeated: Dole 18, Clinton 8, Perot 1, Browne 1.
The satisfaction of voting first wasn't enough for Bob Tiedeman, a long-haul trucker from Hart's Location.
``I just wish there were somebody running who was worth it all,'' said Tiedeman.
- Associated Press New citizen ended up Friend of Bill
Roger Durity, 37, is a native of Trinidad who's always been interested in politics. He just became an American citizen this year and had been thinking about his first vote for a while.
``I really have Republican ideas, but I voted for Clinton,'' said Durity, who's in the Navy.
``There's a lot of good in Dole,'' Durity said after voting in Virginia Beach, ``but he was not clear in his ideas, didn't really say what his agenda is. He was just too wishy-washy.''
- Dave Addis I've fallen, but I still wanna vote!
Louise Travis, 83, cracked her head when she accidentally fell while voting on propositions Tuesday in Laguna Hills, Calif.
But the avid Clinton supporter wouldn't let the resulting neck, back and heart pains ruin her 62-year voting streak.
Paramedics tried to wheel her to the hospital, but Travis yelled at them to stop.
``I want to vote! I want to vote!,'' she ordered, while strapped down in a gurney.
So they pushed Travis back near the election booths. Paramedics held her unfinished ballot in front of her face.
``How do you want to vote on this one?'' they asked, as they read each measure out loud. She gave her choices, and they punched the ballot.
- Orange County Register
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