Category: elections
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Precinct Consolidation Round 2
It was last June…the last time the specter of precinct consolidation reared it’s ugly head. At that time I linked to a lot of things…including the intention to cut the number of precincts to 150 from 236. Last year’s precinct consolidation meant many voters didn’t get cards with their new location until the day of…
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On the Whalum Decision…lots of questions
Ed. Note:Corrected issue of appointment to fill Reginald Porter’s seat. The morning’s announcement of a decision in the contested election results of School Board Dist. 4 brings up a lot of issues just weeks before the School Board is set to shift from 23 members to 7. The first issue is the now upcoming election.…
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Securing the Vote
Election Day is over, and despite some local reports of problems with too few machines in some places and malfunctioning machines in others…it seems to have gone pretty smoothly. Regardless of your political bent, we should all be thankful for that. It wasn’t that way for everyone, as the video to the left shows. No…
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More on the Memphis Voter ID Challenge
From WMCTV. Action News 5 – Memphis, Tennessee
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The Hangover
With the August 2012 elections behind us, and my campaign completed, I’m finding myself wondering what to do with all this spare time that, just a week ago, was completely consumed in the final preparations for election day. This is common for all kinds of people who put all of themselves into something. When I…
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Bullet Dodged? – Shelby Elections Edition #WrongBallot
This post isn’t about my race at all. It’s too soon for me to write anything remotely coherent about that right now, though I may write a series of very short posts later on. We’ll see. This is about the results of the Primary election in Shelby County from yesterday and how the wrong ballot…