Autumn leaves in wax paper
There is only one more City Council meeting before the Nov. 4 election and if history is any example, the rhetoric will fly even more than it did last Monday.
The final days before an election tend to bring out the worst in human nature, or at least the worst in some who have a stake in the outcome. A lot of registered voters stay home on Election Day, and who can blame them when the air becomes filled with a miasma of accusations that can't be verified, and name-calling worse than one might hear when the bullies take over a school yard.
On the local level, there are three City Council seats and three school board seats on the ballot. Two of the council contests are for full four-year terms and one is for an unexpired term. Voters can choose three school board candidates for three-year terms.
The last day to register to vote is Oct. 14 and the City Clerk's office will be open for extended hours. Complete election information is available at the Union County Clerk's Office.Your sample ballot will also arrive soon and will have your polling place on it as well as all the candidates. There will be some candidate forums as well.
It only takes a little close attention and common sense to sort the pre-election histrionics from the actual reasons to vote for someone. Don't let the antics keep you from exercising your hard-won right to vote on Nov. 4.
--Bernice
On the local level, there are three City Council seats and three school board seats on the ballot. Two of the council contests are for full four-year terms and one is for an unexpired term. Voters can choose three school board candidates for three-year terms.
The last day to register to vote is Oct. 14 and the City Clerk's office will be open for extended hours. Complete election information is available at the Union County Clerk's Office.Your sample ballot will also arrive soon and will have your polling place on it as well as all the candidates. There will be some candidate forums as well.
It only takes a little close attention and common sense to sort the pre-election histrionics from the actual reasons to vote for someone. Don't let the antics keep you from exercising your hard-won right to vote on Nov. 4.
--Bernice
Great Piece Bernice. Sometimes the hoopla is generated to keep people away from the polls and significant change at bay.
ReplyDeleteRichard Stewart
Don't trade your vote for a plate of Fried fish and some Hominy grits.
ReplyDeleteThat's the problem, Bernice. People don't think.
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