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Reports show that less than 10% of you voted.  In so doing, you let the zealots choose for you.  They had the decency to show up.

In the Lithonia mayor’s race , 1 vote seperates first and second.  In Mountain Park, the difference between getting in the run-off and being out in the cold is 13 votes.  Fewer people could show up for the run-off.

The elections will have major impacts.  For example, in Avondale Estates, the redevelopment plan will likely be shelved and change will be more hap-hazard.   Doraville faces continued racial stress and tension between the council and police department.   These are the people who decide who gets to build in your town, what kind of businesses there can be and how much you’ll pay in sales tax.

What those in government should take from this is that almost nobody cares.  In fact, so few people care that a small number of folks can come in and topple everything.  Even when elected, your base won’t be there when you need them.

Ironically, turnout in the February  primary will be more than 5 times Tuesday’s turnout for an office that ultimately the people do not elect.

Hopefully this will serve as a wake up call and more people will vote in the December 4th.  This means you!

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!