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Item 152: Election 2003

Entered by krj on Wed Nov 5 03:59:30 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.
15 responses total.
#1 of 15 by gelinas on Wed Nov 5 04:08:47 2003:

I didn't vote today.

I did stop by the Township Hall to confirm that there was not an election,
though.

#2 of 15 by jep on Wed Nov 5 04:10:47 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.

#3 of 15 by jep on Wed Nov 5 04:11:05 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.

#4 of 15 by gelinas on Wed Nov 5 04:17:01 2003:

I'm curious to see how Proposal A fares.

#5 of 15 by gelinas on Wed Nov 5 06:12:17 2003:

According to Channel 19, Proposal A failed and Proposal B passed.

#6 of 15 by i on Wed Nov 5 12:07:32 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?)

#7 of 15 by remmers on Wed Nov 5 14:15:13 2003:

According to mlive.com, the greenbelt proposal passed by a 2:1 margin.

#8 of 15 by aruba on Wed Nov 5 15:17:53 2003:

Yeah, everyone thought it would be close, but it wasn't at all.

#9 of 15 by gull on Wed Nov 5 16:02:42 2003:

What was Proposal A again?  I only saw ads about B.

#10 of 15 by gelinas on Wed Nov 5 17:15:43 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.

#11 of 15 by carson on Wed Nov 5 19:12:29 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.])

#12 of 15 by gelinas on Wed Nov 5 20:45:08 2003:

(Jared was correct.)

#13 of 15 by naftee on Mon Nov 10 01:19:37 2003:

(oh yeah?)

#14 of 15 by willcome on Thu Nov 27 08:29:59 2003:

(whore)

#15 of 15 by naftee on Fri Nov 28 00:39:27 2003:

< He said it >

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