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FILENAME:	3206_1381_1366
TOPIC#:		355
DATE:		911004
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o          A.1 utt1:   Yeah,  /
qy^c          A.1 utt2: are you there? /  

ny          B.2 utt1:   Yes. /  

bk          A.3 utt1:   Okay.  /
qy^t          A.3 utt2:  Do you know the question for today? /  

ny          B.4 utt1:   {F Uh, } yes.  /
sd^e          B.4 utt2:  It's about why there aren't more people that are voting and participating in ... -/  

qw          @A.5 utt1:  {C And } what is your feeling?  /
qy          @A.5 utt2:  Do you think this is vital important? /  

na          B.6 utt1:   {F Oh, } absolutely. /  

bk          A.7 utt1:   Okay.  /
bh          A.7 utt2: Do you, /  

sv          B.8 utt1:   {F Um, } I think that, {F uh, } it's kind of discouraging to, {F uh, } - /
sd          B.8 utt2: I have been involved in some political campaigns and that kind of thing,  /
sv          B.8 utt3: {C and } it's really discouraging to be in a phone bank and call people and not, - /
sv          B.8 utt4: a lot of them are so ill informed they have no idea, {D you know, } even that there's an election  /
sv          B.8 utt5: [ {C or, } +   

sd          A.9 utt1:   [ [ I, +   

+          B.10 utt1:  {C and } ] these are people that are registered. /  

+          A.11 utt1:   It, ] + <laughter> I ] have worked in some campaigns  /
aa          A.11 utt2: {C and } it's the most discouraging thing in the world.  /
sd          A.11 utt3:  I'm originally from Oklahoma,  /
sd          A.11 utt4: {C and } up there if they miss three elections, then they have to reregister.   /
sd          A.11 utt5: {C And } I have often wondered [ if, + if ] maybe that would help the situation.  /
sd          A.11 utt6: I don't know. /  

ba          B.12 utt1:   {D Well, } that's a thought. /  

qy          A.13 utt1:   {D Well, } can you come up with anything else that maybe we could do to these people? /  

^h          B.14 utt1:   {F Huh } <lipsmack>.  /
no          B.14 utt2:  I don't know  /
sd          B.14 utt3: [ I, + I ] like that idea.  /
sd          B.14 utt4:  {F Um, } {F oh, } I had a thought just a second ago  /
sd          B.14 utt5: {C but } it slipped my mind. /  

bd          A.15 utt1:   {F Oh, } that's <laughter> all right. /  

sv          B.16 utt1:   {F Um, } [ [ one thing that I-, + that I think ] + probably one of the reasons that ] people don't vote more is because they don't know the candidates.   /
%          B.16 utt2: {C And } I think sometimes, {D you know, } - /
sv          B.16 utt3: that's one thing that I have learned [ in w-, + working in ] elections and things is, {D you know, } sometimes even when you work for someone you don't really know what they're like.  /
sd          B.16 utt4: I know there's been a couple of people that we voted for and worked for  /
sd          B.16 utt5: {C and } when they got in office it was just a disaster <laughter>. /  

%          A.17 utt1:   {D Well, } -/  

sd          B.18 utt1:   {F Uh, } [ {C and, } +  {C and } ] I'm not sure how you go about really finding out what people are really like before you vote for them. /  

%          A.19 utt1:   [ I'm, + I'm ] not sur-, - /
sv          A.19 utt2: the only thing is if they don't vote, they have no right to complain. /  

aa          B.20 utt1:   Absolutely. /  

%          A.21 utt1:   It is, {F um, } <lipsmack> - /
sv          A.21 utt2: I don't know why we are so complacent,  /
sd          A.21 utt3: {C but } I'm going to vote each time.  /
sd          A.21 utt4:  Right or wrong I'm going to cast a ballot  /
sv          A.21 utt5: {C and then } if I'm unhappy with it, I have the right to express my opinion. /  

aa          B.22 utt1:   That's right. /  

sd          A.23 utt1:   {C So, } {F uh, } there was something else I was going to, - /
sv          A.23 utt2: {C and } I'm like  you.  /
sd          A.23 utt3: I've just lost a train of thought that I had.   /
sd          A.23 utt4: {C But } they have been [ more, + little more ] [ s-, + effective ] in Oklahoma with having this program that you vote  or you lose it. /  

qy          B.24 utt1:   {D Now } [ if you just lose, + if you just skip ] one election? /  

nn          A.25 utt1:   No,  /
sd^e          A.25 utt2: three. /  

b^m          B.26 utt1:   Three. /  

sd          A.27 utt1:   [ You have to lo-, + you have to skip ] three. /  

b          B.28 utt1:   Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.29 utt1:   {C And, }  {F uh, } of course, [ those can be, + they can be, ] {F oh, } a long time apart  /
%          A.29 utt2: {C but, }  {F um } ... -/  

sv          B.30 utt1:   I think that's an excellent idea because then people really have to think about it. /  

aa          A.31 utt1:   Of course,  /
qo          A.31 utt2: [ what do you think + {A and this is not one of our questions } {C but } what do you think ] of this no excuse absentee balloting? /  

^h          B.32 utt1:   No excuse.  /
qw^d          B.32 utt2: {F Uh, } I'm not sure if I'm familiar with that,   

bk          A.33 utt1:   Okay. /  

+          B.34 utt1:  or not. /  

qy^d          A.35 utt1:   I'm sure all over the State of Texas now you have three weeks to go for absentee balloting. /  

ny          B.36 utt1:   Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.37 utt1:   {C And } you don't have to [ h-, + be ] sick, out of town or anything.  /
sd          A.37 utt2: [ They, + there ] is no excuse.  /
sd          A.37 utt3:  Anyone can go and vote. /  

sv          B.38 utt1:   {F Oh, } I think that's great.  /
%          B.38 utt2:  {F Um, } /  

qy          A.39 utt1:   Do you? /  

nd          B.40 utt1:   Actually, {D you know, } my husband has run for office before  /
sv          B.40 utt2: {C and } sometimes it's nice to be able to go ahead of time and vote because, {D you know, } if you're going to be tied up that day, {F uh, } campaigning or whatever it might be.  {F Um, } that [ kind of, + just kind of ] takes that load off, {D you know, }  /
sd          B.40 utt3: you can just go ahead and get that taken care of  /
%          B.40 utt4: {C and } ... -/  

sd          A.41 utt1:   {C But } that is an excuse [ {C and } that would, + I could live with. ] /  

b          B.42 utt1:   Uh-huh. /  

%          A.43 utt1:   {C But } this idea of anyone wel-, - /
sd          A.43 utt2: [ I ju-, + I am ] so bitterly opposed to this.  /
sv          A.43 utt3:  If you're busy, that has always been a legitimate excuse.    

b          B.44 utt1:   Uh-huh. /  

+          A.45 utt1:   If you are incapacitated, ill health,  /
%          A.45 utt2: {C but } to have the expense of, - /
^h          A.45 utt3: let's see.  /
sd          A.45 utt4: They have five, six people at my polling place.  /
sd          A.45 utt5: They can come from all over the city,  /
sd          A.45 utt6: {C and } I don't know why we couldn't have duplicate voting on some of this. /  

%          B.46 utt1:   {D Well, } hopefully [ once they have, + {F uh, } {D you know, } once they've ] checked them off the list - /
sd          B.46 utt2: [ they, + they ] do have to check them off a list --   

aa          A.47 utt1:   Yes,  /
aa          A.47 utt2: I know. /  

+          B.48 utt1:   -- when they vote  /
sv          B.48 utt2: {C so } hopefully they couldn't. /  

qh          @@A.49 utt1:  {C But } [ is there, + is every ] list checked as thoroughly as a, - /
%          @@A.49 utt2: {D you know. }  We, - /
%          @@A.49 utt3: back in, - /
%          @@A.49 utt4: when I lived ... -/ 
