Posts with the tag "voting"

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Links for the Week - January 12, 2008


Links of recent interest:

Richmond Indiana Images of Home - a brief video slideshow with photos by Jim Hair and music by Brian Wallen.
VotePoke.com - Are you registered to vote? Are you sure?
Web Masters - Earlham College's recent Alumni Spotlight article featuring myself and Mark.
Finding the Time and Place to Do What's Important - another [...]

Links for the Week - Election Day Roundup


Election Day Roundup:

The Results Are In: Four more years for Sally Hutton and Karen Chasteen, a bit of a shakeup on the City's Common Council, and a 27% voter turnout - bleh, but not so bleh as last time.
Voting, a blog entry: Scenes and thoughts from one voter's experience
Pal-Item endorses Hutton, Thalls erases blog entries: [...]

Three Questions to Ask When You Vote


Tomorrow is Election Day here in Richmond, and in the name of helping us move toward a voting process where the vote you cast can actually be verified, I'll suggest these three questions to ask when you visit your friendly local computerized voting center. You may not get the answers you want, but the [...]

Initial analysis of the Wayne County primary election results


Some initial analysis of the Wayne County primary election results:

Only 4,378 people voted. That's 16% of our registered voter population, 27,290, which is also woefully small. These numbers are pathetic.
Republican mayoral candidates: of the 2,645 people who voted, almost 80% of them picked Rick Thalls over Ron Chappell and Danny Black. Possible [...]

A matter of some debate


Tonight I had the opportunity to serve as a moderator for the Richmond-Wayne County Legislative debates for contested seats in Wayne County. I did so under the label of a young adult professional, but also thoroughly enjoyed participating in the process as someone interested in local politics, policy and community-building. It was [...]

If I Were Mayor


I was glad to see today's article about the Indiana Association of Cities and Towns` "If I Were Mayor, I Would..." contest (PDF link on that last one). Such things can only improve the quality of dialogue about what we want for our communities. Local elementary school student Ross Mathews took the prize [...]

Please Vote


There are too many people ranting and speculating on this election, who's going to win, and why it matters. So I'll keep it simple: for the love of $DIETY_OF_CHOICE, please vote early and often tomorrow.