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krj
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Election 2003
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Nov 5 03:59 UTC 2003 |
Well, I don't think we bothered with an item to discuss things
*before* the election, so...
In Ann Arbor, I was voter #305 in precinct 5-4, around 11:30 am.
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gelinas
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response 1 of 15:
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Nov 5 04:08 UTC 2003 |
I didn't vote today.
I did stop by the Township Hall to confirm that there was not an election,
though.
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jep
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response 2 of 15:
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Nov 5 04:10 UTC 2003 |
I voted at 7:45 p.m. and was the 30th voter in my precinct. There are
4 precincts in Tecumseh; at least two had very low turnout.
The only ballot issue in Tecumseh was city council; there were three
candidates for three openings. I once skipped an election with only
enough candidates to fill the openings, and so did my (now ex-)wife.
The election was won by a write-in by 1 vote. If we'd have voted, the
candidates on the ballot would have won. I now figure if people put
their names on the ballot, it's my duty to vote for them.
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jep
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response 3 of 15:
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Nov 5 04:11 UTC 2003 |
I'm curious to see how Proposal B (to establish a greenbelt outside
the city of Ann Arbor) comes out. I'd meant to ask how Grexers in Ann
Arbor view this issue.
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gelinas
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response 4 of 15:
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Nov 5 04:17 UTC 2003 |
I'm curious to see how Proposal A fares.
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gelinas
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response 5 of 15:
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Nov 5 06:12 UTC 2003 |
According to Channel 19, Proposal A failed and Proposal B passed.
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i
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response 6 of 15:
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Nov 5 12:07 UTC 2003 |
I had Ann Arbor's Proposals (A & B) and one city council seat to vote
on. Info on the Proposals was fairly available on the web; the local
GOP even had a good, interesting pro/con summary on their front page.
Not so the candidates for council. Their party web sites only gave
their names (no GOP candidate in my ward; maybe they would have done
better). Googling on stuff like "Ann Arbor" 2003 "Ward 3" didn't get
me anything. When i found myself digging around the large personal
web site of a very out MTFTrans, trying to figure out if she was one
of the candidates, i gave up and decided to skip voting for a council
member.
(FWIW, i got two small mailing pieces, both from the Dem. candidate.
They told me that he had held a couple positions within the party,
could mouth vapid feel-good phrases, and was the favored candidate
of the Dem. party. If i was a loyal Dem., i wouldn't need this to
vote for the only Dem. candidate. Since i'm not, what's the point?)
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remmers
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response 7 of 15:
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Nov 5 14:15 UTC 2003 |
According to mlive.com, the greenbelt proposal passed by a 2:1 margin.
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aruba
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response 8 of 15:
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Nov 5 15:17 UTC 2003 |
Yeah, everyone thought it would be close, but it wasn't at all.
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gull
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response 9 of 15:
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Nov 5 16:02 UTC 2003 |
What was Proposal A again? I only saw ads about B.
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gelinas
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response 10 of 15:
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Nov 5 17:15 UTC 2003 |
Proposal A would have eliminated the requirement that a candidate for City
Council live in the represented district for a year before election. I
don't now the requirement would have been replaced by; perhaps a 30-day
residency requirement.
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carson
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response 11 of 15:
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Nov 5 19:12 UTC 2003 |
(my dad voted in Ann Arbor Township, which only had the greenbelt
companion issue on the ballot. Jared tells me that, in Scio Twp,
there was no ballot. [I didn't vote; I'm still registered in Chicago
and haven't had that changed yet.])
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gelinas
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response 12 of 15:
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Nov 5 20:45 UTC 2003 |
(Jared was correct.)
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naftee
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response 13 of 15:
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Nov 10 01:19 UTC 2003 |
(oh yeah?)
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willcome
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response 14 of 15:
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Nov 27 08:29 UTC 2003 |
(whore)
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naftee
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response 15 of 15:
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Nov 28 00:39 UTC 2003 |
< He said it >
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