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Exercise your right to vote!  While you still can!

Please note:  No political party or candidate is endorsed in this post. 

Can't wait until it is over tonight. Our small city election has been an absolute E36 M3 show.

I hope they do a better job of things locally this year. Last year there was a local election where they were still trying to determine who won one of the races four months later because the ballots were such a mess, due to all the early voting and write-in ballots and other changes they made. The entire election board resigned immediately afterwards.

If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal.  

In reply to volvoclearinghouse :

It appears that they are in several places

I have family running for a position in a city election. They'll call it "good turnout" if 25% of registered voters turn out, where something like 88-89% came out for Federal Elections.

Your vote matters more to candidates at the local level.

In reply to classicJackets (FS) :

I had an acquaintance running for city council a couple years ago. He lost by 1 vote. If I had canvassed for him just in our in-town friends he probably would have won - oops.

I voted early. Prefer to vote often, but it seems to be frowned on here.

I put my big cardboard ballot in the slot and the machine spit it back out, "That's ok, just put it in the drawer underneath and we'll run it through later".

HA!  Don't think so Hon.

Much like the cursed monkey's paw, two of the three council seats were won by good candidates. But the price was high, as the third winner is going to drag our little city backwards 20 years. Literally two steps forward, one step back. Progress can still happen, but it will be slowed by this anchor of perpetual "NO".

In reply to slefain :

I had to check if you were my neighbor or not. Same happening here. 

slefain said:

Much like the cursed monkey's paw, two of the three council seats were won by good candidates. But the price was high, as the third winner is going to drag our little city backwards 20 years. Literally two steps forward, one step back. Progress can still happen, but it will be slowed by this anchor of perpetual "NO".

"There's never been a problem a well–planned assassination couldn't solve." - Vattier de Rideaux

Obviously, I kid, I'm not endorsing assassinations

slefain said:

Much like the cursed monkey's paw, two of the three council seats were won by good candidates. But the price was high, as the third winner is going to drag our little city backwards 20 years. Literally two steps forward, one step back. Progress can still happen, but it will be slowed by this anchor of perpetual "NO".

Isn't that how the system is supposed to work? Or do you think the people opposed to you don't deserve a voice in the matter? Just curious.

Toyman01 + Sized and said:

slefain said:

Much like the cursed monkey's paw, two of the three council seats were won by good candidates. But the price was high, as the third winner is going to drag our little city backwards 20 years. Literally two steps forward, one step back. Progress can still happen, but it will be slowed by this anchor of perpetual "NO".

Isn't that how the system is supposed to work? Or do you think the people opposed to you don't deserve a voice in the matter? Just curious.

 

Only 10% of the city voted. Statistically the group that got person #3 elected is 3% of the population. They are loud, they are organized, and they vote like clockwork. They do deserve a voice, but in proportion. When the reps only care about their little group (like this one does), it means the rest of the city gets screwed in the process. Having policy dictated by someone who only cares about the opinions of less than 300 people in a city of 16,000 is not how it should work.

(edit)

I have actually witnessed person #3 corner people in the council chambers and shout at them for speaking their mind during public comment after a meeting. I've witnessed them berate people and shout people down at meetings. They even heckle people during meetings. But standing up to them make this person cry foul. Classic bullying tactics.

NickD said:

slefain said:

Much like the cursed monkey's paw, two of the three council seats were won by good candidates. But the price was high, as the third winner is going to drag our little city backwards 20 years. Literally two steps forward, one step back. Progress can still happen, but it will be slowed by this anchor of perpetual "NO".

"There's never been a problem a well–planned assassination couldn't solve." - Vattier de Rideaux

Obviously, I kid, I'm not endorsing assassinations

Not a member of that Ancient Order of Hashashin, eh? Word has it that they train their initiates with cannabas.

In reply to slefain :

They got their guy elected.

Apathy didn't get your preferred guy elected.

Sounds like the system did what it was supposed to. 

In reply to Toyman01 + Sized and :

Actually both "my guys" got elected. I was just hoping the bully wouldn't make the cutoff for a council seat. At least now their usual tactics will get them in the local paper when they throw a fit.

In reply to slefain :

Glad to hear it.