On the eve of Super Tuesday, reports are filtering in that at Stanford and in six local districts in the region, there has been a danger of running out of ballots at polling stations.
In one panicky moment, officials were forced to make copies of ballots from a master, and print up second runs, after omitting identifying markers on the original ballot sheet.
Voters are being urged to take their "sample ballots" with them to the polling stations for possible use in the event there is a shortfall.
In the districts mentioned, the problems are occurring due to a large student turnout; coupled by the fact, Independents are being allowed to transfer their votes at the polling stations to democrats, if they wish.
In spite of the large youth-vote turnout in these geographic areas, the nightly news anchors are reporting that on a National level, students have not been getting "out the vote" as heartily as expected. Too much homework bogging 'em down?
Another trend reflects that while most of the under 30 crowd tend to be voting for Obama and his campaign of change, an extremely large contingent of mature, over 65 voters, are getting out to the polls to cast their ballot for Hillary Clinton.
At this juncture, a large vote-count for Huckabee also appears to be heralding a trend on the wings of Evangelicals in concentrated pockets around the U.S. where religious faith is influential.
I stopped in to the polling station at the YMCA in downtown San Francisco, and the voter turnout there has been quite low, according to the staff on duty...not too inspiring for any candidate, in fact.
But, as news spills out from various quarters of the Nation, it appears there is a dead-heat on...
Who will win?
It's still a toss up; hang on to your seat-belts, it's going to be a bumpy night.
Youth vote tending to go Obama's way...
