Vote Tuesday, Impact Your City!
If you’ve ever thought ‘my vote doesn’t count’, then Vote Tuesday! Several Georgia cities are holding municipal elections Tuesday and turnout is notoriously low.
If you want your vote to count, show up and you’ll be making a big difference.
In Gwinnett & Dekalb County cities, the elections turn on what direction development should go in smaller towns. Should it include large scale developmental changes with new streets and more businesses, or should it be as minimal as possible? Ethnic tensions are having an effect in Doraville, Chamblee, and Norcross. Cobb Cities are also dealing with local elections.
Fulton county is the odd bird here, for though, it is a county with almost no unincorporated areas anymore, different cities have their elections in different years. Atlanta will not hold mayoral elections until 2009. While there is a certain wisdom to having the State’s largest city distinct in it’s election cycle, total voter turnout would be higher if it were connected to the rest of the cities.
Polls are open from 7 A.M. to 7 P.M. and state law requires that if you have no other opportunity to vote, that you may take 2 hours of time during the work day to go vote.
You should!
November 5th, 2007 at 5:46 am
Atlanta is not disconnected from other city elections. City elections are typically in odd years with most cities having four year terms. The city elected officials serve on staggered terms. So in 2007 in many places, half the council seats are on the ballot. In 2009, in most places, the other half of the seats will be on the ballot. In some cities, the Mayoral race will be in 2007 and in some in 2009.