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DEL.ICIO.USVoting slow at Dunwoody High
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Voters trickled in at Dunwoody High School in late morning in the heart of affluent north DeKalb County.
Die-hard Republican Mike Daniel, a 63-year-old accountant, cast his ballot for the GOP gubernatorial nomination for incumbent Sonny Perdue and chose state Sen. Casey Cagle (R-Gainesville) as the party’s lieutenant governor nominee over former Christian Coalition head Ralph Reed.
“I don’t know where he stands on anything,” Daniel said of Reed. “I don’t think he does either.”
Daniel said he was swayed by news accounts of Reed’s affiliation with Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who has pleaded guilty to federal corruption charges. “He [Reed] comes across as a con man,” Daniel said.
Daniel said he didn’t think people should be allowed to vote if they could not produce a picture identification card.
“If you don’t have your photo ID, you should not be able to vote,” Daniel said. “Voting is a privilege, not a right.”
Sean Twiddy, a 28-year-old hobby shop clerk, was bothered by the negative ads produced by Kathy Cox’s campaign so he chose Lt. Gov. Mark Taylor for the Democratic gubernatorial nominee.
Twiddy admitted he didn’t know much about Taylor or his position on issues, but the current lieutenant governor got his vote all the same. “It was counter-voting,” Twiddy said. “I wasn’t happy with a lot of the attack ads.”
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