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octothorpe ([personal profile] octothorpe) wrote2005-11-08 02:58 pm

Go Out and Vote!

Have you voted today?

[identity profile] theoctothorpe.livejournal.com 2005-11-08 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)
I forgot you were in C'bridge. I used to pop up there about once or twice a month to see friends. Despite hating my university years, I do still hold Cambridge fondly in my heart.

[identity profile] bix02138.livejournal.com 2005-11-09 12:55 am (UTC)(link)
democracy is safe: i have voted.

i met my first candidate of this election half a block from the polling place. it was nice knowing that the only one who actually asked for my vote was my #1 pick for school committee.

this is the first time i have ever gone from the gym to the polling place. the aerobic high carried me right through filling in all those little ovals.

[identity profile] jwg.livejournal.com 2005-11-09 05:10 am (UTC)(link)
This year the Cambridge vote was way down - about 16,500 voted in 2003 it was 20,900.

It looks like an interesting election - the unofficial results show one incumbent city councillor beaten and 2 school committee persons out - this might change tomorrow when they process the 534 unscanned ballots.

[identity profile] bix02138.livejournal.com 2005-11-09 05:19 am (UTC)(link)
wow... my ballot had a write-in, so i'm one of those unscanned ballots (in the city council races)... and i didn't vote for all the incumbents (two i wouldn't put out if they were on fire), so my preferences won't help.

[identity profile] theoctothorpe.livejournal.com 2005-11-09 07:53 am (UTC)(link)
While I don't have the hard numbers, we're supposedly down quite a bit as well. Not atypical for an "off-year" election (our governor doesn't come up for election until 2006), but still a bit of a let-down.

Despite hating my university years, I do still hold Cambridge

[identity profile] mister-don.livejournal.com 2005-11-09 04:50 pm (UTC)(link)
With the right wind I can all but piss into Harvard Yard from my balcony.
Perhaps I should invite you to dinner with a largely liquid menu :)