Monday, September 10th, 2007...6:55 am
Where Peewee Sits Upon a Wall to Preach
My usual polling place is the Odd Fellows hall over on Palo Verde. I like being able to say that I vote at the Odd Fellows hall.
Not so this primary. I will be voting at the Church of the Bretheren a bit further away. I’m sure that it is a perfectly wonderful little Protestant congregation and I try hard to be tolerant of other faiths, but the name creeps me out a bit. Sounds too much like something from the X-Files.
Anyhow, there are two things to know if you are voting in the Old Pueblo on Tuesday. One is that the polling places are consolodated. That’s why I am voting over on Dodge instead of my regular spot. You got a green card in the mail last week telling you your spot for this election. Pull it out of the trash. If it’s already gone, call the city elections office at 884-VOTE or check their website. Do this today, because tommorrow EVERYONE will be calling asking, “Why can’t I vote at the school?”
The other thing to remember is after you voted, you can come celebrate with the Democrats at the Riverpark Inn at 350 S. Freeway (good luck finding an exit). Carl Hanni, host of the Scratchy Records Show, will be spinning tunes.
Oh, and one more thing, I’ll be writing in Michael Toney for mayor. Hey, it could happen.
2 Comments
September 10th, 2007 at 10:45 am
Moving the polling places tends to confuse and keep voting down, which is something city powers may be trying to do this year as a part of their attacks on the popular trash tax repeal and citizens’ water initiative.
September 11th, 2007 at 9:05 am
OK, combining polling places is not a conspiracy. It is an effort to save money. in a primary with few, if any, competitive races, turnout will be L-O-W. This is not the first time the city has done this, and it won’t be the last.
When I voted this AM at about 6:30, I was the 4th person, Democrat or Republican to vote. Last year when I voted @ around 6:15, I was closer to the 70th person to vote. I will say that the quality of election worker has greatly fallen this time around. The guy and the sign in book couldn’t find my name…. he started off just flipping back through the book to find the proper section, completely ignoring the nice little index tabs that had been placed on the book to make such a task quite easy to manage. Then it turned out he was searching by my FIRST name. Guess he didn’t know how to read a driver’s license.
BTW: I wrote in my own name for mayor. I already regret it. My fear is that old adage will come true: “be careful of what you ask for, you just may get it!”
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