The unknown early-voting process
The unknown early-voting process
A leading primary election candidate has reminded me of two facts regarding yesterday’s post about the unknown early-voting process. 1.) Others who could have benefited from early voting in June are f
A leading primary election candidate has reminded me of two facts regarding yesterday's post about the unknown early-voting process. 1.) Others who could have benefited from early voting in June are fisher folks who have gone north to Alaska. This includes those who go even earlier but take a break to home in July before heading back up till October. Plus students registered here but traveling on summer vacation. 2.) If any primary race has a narrow win margin - like less than 10 or 20 votes - then this is an election that could have been decided differently with those missing votes.
I think it is very reasonable to think that fishermen may favor one or two specific candidates for some offices. And students also may have been inclined to give a majority to one or more candidates who may miss by a small number. If there are any close third-place finishes then our Auditor should be held accountable for not informing voters of the early-voting process. We shall see.
By the way - if you will be traveling this fall from mid-October to early November then you can probably vote before you leave - or take the ballot with you for mailing from your distant location later. You can do this starting August 8. Ask at the Auditor's office for particulars. They have not posted this information on their election web page nor provided me with specifics despite my repeated requests. For some reason they seem to not want this information out.
I think it is very reasonable to think that fishermen may favor one or two specific candidates for some offices. And students also may have been inclined to give a majority to one or more candidates who may miss by a small number. If there are any close third-place finishes then our Auditor should be held accountable for not informing voters of the early-voting process. We shall see.
By the way - if you will be traveling this fall from mid-October to early November then you can probably vote before you leave - or take the ballot with you for mailing from your distant location later. You can do this starting August 8. Ask at the Auditor's office for particulars. They have not posted this information on their election web page nor provided me with specifics despite my repeated requests. For some reason they seem to not want this information out.
