Comments on: Jefferson Weeps

By: Joseph

Joseph — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 01:20:03 +0000

I knew there was a run-off, and decided not to cast a ballot. I did not hear a single word about either candidate that made me want to make an effort to vote for one or the other. Your own “endorsement” post was pretty sad and didn’t really “sell” one candidate or another.

This one race for one guy I didn’t like or another I didn’t like was not enough to get me into a polling booth on a rainy tuesday.

By: Teashook

Teashook — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 02:41:42 +0000

I share Robert’s despair.
And I have to take issue with the posters here.
The system is not at fault. We get the system we deserve.
Advance voting was available the entire week before the Tuesday runoff.
We’ve got thousands of troops serving our country in harms way right now but 95% of the eligible voters in the state can’t even be bothered to vote for 1 of 5 comissioners that makes decisions that affect the cost of almost every utility bill they get each month. Pathetic.

By: Trackboy1

Trackboy1 — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 18:56:09 +0000

What’s sad is the system is at fault for the low turnout. Instant run-off voting for the Nov. election would have fixed this. Online voting should be here by now. Yes, this is important, but people have kids, busy schedules, etc. To take the time to vote for one race after you’ve done so in Nov. truly is a lot to ask for.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 17:00:11 +0000

I have to admit I had no idea there was a runoff election Tuesday. (One argument for having your blog on RSS feed, Robert, though I’ve been avoiding RSS feeds like the plague.) Had I known, I’d like to think I would have voted, my being preoccupied with a final paper due that day notwithstanding.

By: -T

-T — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 10:45:29 +0000

Save the $1.2 million and the majority requirement, instead we need to go to instant runoff voting:
http://www.instantrunoff.com

By: Somedude

Somedude — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 03:39:36 +0000

Ok, let me revise. I saw your info in the previous post just now, and I don’t like either of the candidates. Further, how will we “hold his feet to the fire?” It seems that both of these candidates have the wrong idea. But then, I’m not a big fan of having (a) a public service comission, or (b) utilities. I like the water I drink to come from streams, the heat I have to come from another warm body, and I like my waste to fertilize the ground, not go to some treatment plant.

By: Somedude

Somedude — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 03:32:22 +0000

I would have voted, but I don’t know where to look for candidate information. I couldn’t find it on Votesmart.org, I don’t get the newspaper, and I asked google to no avail. Furthermore, I had no idea what either of these people’s stances were. I actually wanted to vote, but I had no idea how to make an informed one. How do you know this stuff?

By: w

Thu, 07 Dec 2006 00:57:27 +0000

Well, hmmm… I’m not sure if a volunteer actually crying over low voter turnout is appropriate, although I’m sure I would have bawled if the Republicans had retained control of Congress due to the same sort of apathy on the part of Democrats. Phoenix metro turned out nearly 70% out of 3.5 million residents, defeated some rather rediculous propositions, and passed some other good ones. All this in a region known more for sun n fun than standing in some boring old line….

By: Jolomo

Jolomo — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 00:30:01 +0000

This might be a good argument to get rid of the non-majority requirement. Having this as a state-wide election cost us $1.2 million. My neighborhood is usually pretty involved politically and when I went at 6:30pm, I was number 34 to vote.

By: Some Other Mike

Some Other Mike — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 18:33:48 +0000

Yeah, that blows. I’m not sure folks realized a runoff was in the works for yesterday. Hell, most folks don’t even know the PSC exists.

/walked to the polling booth
//2 miles
///through traffic
////and slashies