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August 6, 2008
Vote with all your might, and bring a friend
I was at the Election Commission on Wednesday, picking up a stack of maps to hand hapless voters who might show up at the Brainerd early voting location, and the place sure was busy. Crews were taking voting machines to all the precincts (pop quiz: how many are there in Hamilton County?), paperwork was being finalized, television news stories were being recorded, and through it all, Bud Knowles was a statue of calm. Seriously, I don't know what it would take to ruffle the man, though I wasn't there the day he found out they had to reprint all those ballots.
But I say all of that to get to this: it will be a real shame if those people do all that work, and not many voters show up to perform their duty. Early voting turnout was low, so there is a deficit. Fill it, please. We're electing a new sheriff and deciding three school board seats, and the District 31 primary will decide which candidate goes to the state House in January. These are important choices.
I've been writing a more or less "objective" election guide at Chattarati.com, and I published my endorsements and predictions on this blog.
Elections | By joe lance | 10:07 PM