Bringing Elean Straub to the Polls [Cont.] / Chicago Election Day: 41st Ward Polling Place / Election Night at Doherty’s HQ
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And I'm sitting in my room, it's like a family meeting visit.
Did you say school苎? Okay, there you go.
And I don't know what I'm doing.
You took your time about doing this.
Well, it's good to see you again, right? Yeah, for once.
Hey, I'm getting out of the house once in a while now.
Where have you been? In the house, working.
Oh yeah? Been in the house working.
Well, the weather's been really difficult.
And now you're just getting a little wet.
Well, see, the thing is, Chip made me a black present.
So now anything that goes wrong on the block, you come see me.
You have to go see your black present over there.
Well, who are you? Because they got two on one.
We're going to have a good organization for the summer.
How do you like your new sidewalks? Nice? Beautiful.
You can't get out on them now.
But yeah, we got some nice sidewalks out there now.
Oh yeah, a lot better than it was.
Well, it was my goodness that you took care.
These are the parties that we want you.
This one, you would not go for anything except all the other things.
Considering the amount that we had, we got 30 % turnout.
Not on a primer like that is outside.
I mean, considering the snow and the ice and everything else like that, 30 % turnout isn't bad.
Bruce? Yeah? I need you to show him the machine, please.
You pull it out and see the arrow.
See the arrow there? Go to the machine.
Two red posts have to come through.
See where that gentleman is? That's a Republican one.
You guys have enough to eat? Oh, excuse me.
You want to get a chair? Yeah.
How are you doing? What's coming out? Oh, it's a by -time.
We should tell them you were here for the second time.
You can go put that on camera.
We have an empty ballot right behind us.
Mike, go speak to him, please.
How many you got over here? Two seventy six.
A couple of democratic ones right behind the camera.
Hey, Joe, how'd yours look? What did you do with your money? I got it.
He's gonna do sixty five percent.
Sixty, sixty five percent, my priesty.
Half an hour out, so I got thirty five absentees in already.
And we're waiting for some more delivery.
What they're usually gonna end up doing is they're gonna probably deliver something now, between now and seven o 'clock.
Last time they delivered it was like seven fifteen.
And if they don't make it in tonight, they will still be counted downtown.
Just because, you know, they can't make it in.
And because of mail or whatever.
You have to go out and get anybody and bring them in and they're busted.
Jimmy, how many did you go out and get today? For what, the late night? Yeah, the ones you chased at five thirty for me.
But these were big, multiple names, you know, like four or five in a family.
So what did you do? Catholic, yeah.
Jimmy, I sent my brother out and Joe and they chased them down.
And then they also hit the other two priests that are in here with us.
So they chased the big ones out.
What did they do? Chased them down? Chased them down, told them to come on out and vote.
And I think we'll go over 400 out of a 621 person precinct.
My undecideds, if they come in, it's not going to hurt me.
So nothing will hopefully hurt.
You guys know Joe? Joe Campa? I do.
You guys don't mind these guys being in here? 60.
40 more, huh? You guys are going to hold me to the 400.
20 minutes, bring in the next busload.
Jimmy, you want to run? Billy, what are you doing? I'm going to send my brother back out again for some of my pluses.
And make sure you're here by 5 -2, OK? Just hit all the red ones.
Jeff, you want to go with him? If you want to drive in, he can jump in.
We've got to be back by 5 -2, guys.
No, see, these guys are busting my chaps.
How much time do you have? 25 minutes.
25 minutes to what? Until we shut down and they can't come back in.
OK, let's get out of here and let them do their business.
All these other guys are outside piling in.
Why are you bothering? This is the best kid going.
They freeze in the morning for an hour or two until everybody shows up, and then if you leave them out there, they get all flustered.
The other guys only got two guys.
They don't know if there's a guy in there to keep an eye on me.
They think I'm going to steal his thing.
And they're actually leaving Palm in, so...
You guys see these guys? I know.
Make sure you talk to these big ones.
Well, do you know which ones...
They said, where the hell did they have them? They marked down, they lost them.
How about Howitz? I need the Howitz.
O'Shaes all came in? McNaughton came in too.
All of them though? How about the doorjets? Doorjets were? Yeah.
Then they fucked up the fucking counts.
So give me the other ones though.
Go for the Howitz Jimmy, please.
If you're just going to Howitz, then you might as well just go yourself.
Oh, they're out of the hangers.
Lesby? Brian's mother one? You guys can't do enough.
Hang out there because we're going to shut it down.
Where? Right by Flagg's office.
They're down here from 5 .30 in the morning to...
What time are we getting out tonight, guys? 5 .15 in the morning.
We're going to be out here by 8? They get paid big money though.
They get paid real big money to be here all day.
What's the latest paycheck I come out to, guys? 5 .15.
So, we try to provide three squares anyway.
Can you tell us who these people are? They're judges of election now.
Republicans and Democrats alike.
These people are? This is precinct number 42, precinct 61.
And precinct 56 over there, my precinct.
And they're all judges of election.
And they're trying to keep an eye on us.
But we're keeping an eye on them, see.
Do you mind? Do you need one more? Yes, it's too rainy.
How's it going? It's not too bad.
John, do you want to go up there? John, you want to go up there? You want to go up there? If I want.
You're over there? No, you're watching.
Where it goes to? Okay, you don't have anybody else.
Do you want to take a back? Where it goes to? I don't know.
Which was? I don't remember where it was.
Remember? Elston and we cut it off.
They keep playing the same stuff.
I feel like you're from a different country.
Which ones are those? This is 56 and I have a 61.
How many you got in there? Just one? One.
Use your middle of the shoulder to check out.
Because you guys are short -handed anyway.
So he'll do the breakdown over here and you guys can just go ahead and count your papers.
How's that? We're going to break down the machines.
So Jimmy, what are you going to do? Just let him know that you're going to break it.
You decide what? We're not going to sign up for it.
Get all these strangers out here at 71.
We'll give them a poll watching me.
We'll give them a poll watching me.
What? The camera guys? What? Just get credentials.
They'll sit in the corner and they'll shoot at me.
Do you guys mind sitting here? You guys don't mind, do you? No, they don't want to.
What if they stay in the corner over there? They unlocked the doors.
Anybody in here? Shut it down.
Are you for watching? Okay, that's it.
All right, break them down guys.
So we're going to have to put these in the room.
We need to get those flags from the outside.
You know those little flags they get outside, we need to get those in there.
There's one in the front, one in the back.
There's American flags outside, don't need to come in too.
Did you? Oh, so you got that one.
Wait and not I don't know how to build it.
Okay, I think I need to start feeding you.
Just wait until you gather up a bunch of them and then I'll take them.
Yeah, I'll take another batch.
They don't have to be the same way.
You might check if there are any little.
Green Democratic yellow Republican.
What's the other color? Excuse me.
employees that cover their behind because I got to declare declare democratic and like I told you guys before but come April when it's I'm not not disabled because it's not gonna be a big election really because the mayor's won it hands down During the general elections for state or federal level elections this this precinct specifically and the warden is a whole 80 to 90 percent goes Republican top of the ticket, so It's a very conservative area So It's to come the absentee's I hate when that happens Yeah, yeah, I mean all right bro, we only got much of a race It's still an adrenaline rush I mean I think you gotta ask me that question like it about 8 39 o 'clock 10 o 'clock tonight when we get the final totals in and really seen ass -kicking other than that Yes as an individual science, but you got to see what the group does as a whole so yeah, it's gonna be nice They're punishing me in a primary where they got to declare hey you're a short of 200 Look at this one is 238 to 38 we're gonna find them I Know you gotta go to the VFW Oh 96 12 1 12 Where's this this is 32 to the Italian Actually one 12 to 96 Better than losing yeah better than losing I said we're not gonna lose a precinct.
I don't think we are that was the closest We're hopefully we're gonna get We had the guy with the silk shirt and silk scarf out he was flipping around like he's an aviator we're gonna bury you Yeah No, I don't it's in the judges man, you just got to stick with that number Preaching 41 of 30 to 28 20 0 54 8 13 27 12 to 26 26 Nice Tom Nash Yeah, well that was a it was a target we were worried about from the beginning we saw that coming in from the home The other one I'm interested in this 54 Train station Target more on On there and we didn't do too bad.
There's very few in this Start There's gonna be a few actually one that has to go to a receiving station ready, that's Peters and six and he's a big one