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Monday, November 10, 2008
Should the inmate vote count?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
No matter which candidate you supported, most Americans made it their business to cast a ballot in this historic election and apparently, Clayton County inmates were no exception.
Recently, the Clayton County board of elections voted not to accept at least six valid ballots from inmates which were not properly delivered by a legally authorized representative. As per Georgia law, prisoners not on probation or serving a sentence are allowed to vote via absentee ballot.
A total of 12 ballots are in question.
According to the AJC, Commission Chair Eldrin Bell and the Clayton County NAACP asked the Board to reconsider their decision. Although these votes won’t affect the end result, do you believe these inmates have been disenfranchised? Should their votes be counted?
On another note, it looks like there will be a runoff between senatorial candidates Jim Martin and incumbent Saxby Chambliss. According to analysts, democrats don’t usually make the extra effort to return to the polls for runoff elections.
Despite the fact that Clayton county led Georgia in votes for President-elect Barack Obama, 67 percent of residents voted, and many came out because of the presidential election. Republicans are counting on democrats not coming out again so that Chambliss can easily reclaim his senate seat and stop the super majority the democrats covet.
In addition, two local runoffs coming up are for Districts 1 and 9 so that we can finally have a full school board. For what it’s worth I’ll say again it’s disappointing that so many showed up for the general election, but didn’t care enough to vote in past local elections given the problems with Clayton’s board of education.
Is either the senate or school board race important enough for you to return to the polls on December 2?
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