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Monday, July 21, 2008
If you don’t vote, don’t complain
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Paging the 88 percent of Clayton residents who did not show up at the polls last Tuesday: What happened? You were missed!
How embarrassing that so very few residents voted, particularly for school board candidates given the accreditation mess. SACS required more community involvement in CCPS in order to save accreditation, and I’ll bet the low voter turnout wasn’t very impressive to them, either.
I wonder if this is why the remaining school board members refuse to resign. If we don’t show up to vote school board members in/out given the circumstances, they probably suspect we come out to sign a recall petition.
For those who cannot take off work to vote in primaries and for many other situations, you may vote via Absentee Ballot which will require a little time and effort on your part, but should not interfere with your job. Absentee ballot applications must be received at the Board of Elections by Friday, August 1 at 7 p.m. Applying ASAP is best since the ballot itself must be received at the BOE by 7 p.m. on Election Day, which is August 5 and now less than two weeks away.
If a resident is disabled, in the military or 75 years of age or older AND checked off the appropriate box on their July 5 absentee ballot application, he/she will automatically receive a runoff ballot i n the mail.
Advance Voting will take place Monday, July 28 through Friday, August 1 from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Six advance voting sites are listed on Clayton’s official website.
If you are already a registered voter, you may vote in the August 5 runoff election even if you did not vote in the primary.
Only those who voted democrat will be eligible to vote on August 5. In addition to electing school board members, there are several important positions up for grabs, and every single vote will matter.
Did you vote in the primary? If not, will you vote on August 5? If you don’t vote, you have no right to complain.
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