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Vote Today, Then Tell Us About It

April 23, 2013 by FHC

Voters line up at Murch, November 2012.

Voters line up at Murch, November 2012.

It’s election day in DC. Who voted? Who was there to shake your hand?

Now’s your chance to fill the at-large DC Council seat vacated when Phil Mendelson was elected chairman. Please tell us about your experience voting today — when you voted, how long it took, any problems at the polling place, and whether any other voters were there.

Turnout at these special elections is never very high, unfortunately. The Washington Post says only about 10 percent of eligible voters are expected to cast a ballot, and that means your vote counts all the more. A candidate could win with as few as 15,000 votes.

Undecided? There’s still time to research the candidates, and LetsChooseDC.com is a good place to start.

Also on the ballot: Prop. 8, which take control of DC’s budget from Congress, and give it to the district. Daniel Solomon urges us to vote “Yes on 8.”

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The polls are open from now until 8 p.m. tonight. So go vote! Then tell us about it here, or on Facebook or Twitter (@foresthillsnews).

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Comments

  1. Tracy Johnke says

    April 23, 2013 at 8:04 pm

    I voted at 4:45 p.m. at Murch. The electronic voter rolls are pretty nifty. Usually that causes a delay while a volunteer at check-in tries to find my name (they inevitably try to find me after the Johnsons, for some reason!). This time, I spelled my name, a woman typed it into a netbook, and she had my information instantly. Within a few seconds, I had my yellow card and was ready to vote.

    The woman who helped me with my electronic ballot says they’ve had a steady flow of people all day. That seems typical of my precinct in off-year special elections.

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