Atlanta Metblogs » mayoral election http://atlanta.metblogs.com Thu, 25 Aug 2011 07:59:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 question of the day. http://atlanta.metblogs.com/2009/11/05/question-of-the-day/ http://atlanta.metblogs.com/2009/11/05/question-of-the-day/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:02:26 +0000 james hervey http://atlanta.metblogs.com/?p=3793 how low will turnout be in the atlanta mayor run-off?

20%, 15%, could we even get to 10%?

whatcha think?

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Election officials estimated voter turnout could be at its lowest in recent memory, with far fewer ballots cast than the 35 percent of registered voters who participated in recent mayoral races.

wtf?

with crime ascendant, the city in fiscal chaos and three very interesting top tier candidates running, how is it that so few of you could be bothered to go vote.

now i am all about not voting for someone if there is no one on the ballot you can in good conscience support, but show up and write someone in (i do this every two years, when one or another of my friends gets one vote against john lewis.)

i really do want to hear from you city residents who couldn’t be bothered to vote for the next mayor yesterday.

why?

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