Posts tagged as "voting" - Chris Hardie

Indiana Senator Mike Delph from District 29 has introduced Senate Bill 146 which would remove the option of straight party ticket voting from Indiana election ballots.  As Doug Masson notes, this change would probably favor the Republican party in most districts. I think straight party ticket ballots generally only do a disservice to Indiana voters. At best, it enables a kind of impulsive loyalty to a vague label that can mean very different things to different people. At worst, it facilitates...

In today's election, the citizens of Richmond made a choice about who they want to help shape the future of this community in the coming years. While I am of course disappointed that I was not elected to City Council, I am grateful for the votes I did receive and for the amazing support I've had along the way. Some highlights from the unofficial results [PDF]: 5,945 voters voted 2,717 of those voted for me to be one of the three members of City Council At-Large, 201 votes short of a win This...

In today's primary election, the citizens of Richmond made a choice about who they want to help shape the future of this community in the coming years. I'm grateful that in that process, voters have chosen me to continue on to the general election in the Fall as a candidate for City Council At-Large! Some highlights from the unofficial results: 14.46% of Richmond's registered voters voted 54.92% of those voting chose a Democratic ballot over a Republican ballot 791 of those voted for me to be one of the three...

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 interesting take by Dave Pollard; I may respond to some of his points in a forthcoming blog entry, if I have time. Hacking train tracks - It could work,...

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: most voters were probably thinking of the critical need to observe good blogging etiquette when they cast their vote today... Meet the new Mayor of Indianapolis,...

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 people who oversee the process will not know that changes are desired unless they hear from you: Can I please have a paper record of my vote? The answer will likely be "no." In Indiana, there...

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 conclusions to be drawn...Rick Thalls had the leverage of a career in the school system and all of the lives he's touched as a part of that?...

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 rewarding to see some of the questions I had helped to craft posed to the current and future leaders in our government, and while there are so many parts of local governing...

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 in the statewide contest for his essay; his plan focused on a few key areas: 1) making sure children in Richmond had better funding for school books and educational field trips, 2) adding more staple...

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.