Comments on: Special election turn-out historically low http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/04/02/special-election-turn-out-historically-low/ Politics in the Bay Area and beyond Tue, 21 May 2013 06:38:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Michael F. Sarabia http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/04/02/special-election-turn-out-historically-low/comment-page-1/#comment-3132 Michael F. Sarabia Sat, 04 Apr 2009 19:41:16 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=5835#comment-3132 Maybe that is their intent and purpose and let the banks take the hindmost?

]]> By: Steve Glazer http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/04/02/special-election-turn-out-historically-low/comment-page-1/#comment-3131 Steve Glazer Sat, 04 Apr 2009 12:21:43 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=5835#comment-3131 Lisa-

I hope Steve is successful.

I know Orinda is unusual but in our school parcel tax special election last month we had an overall turnout of 59% and 81% came by mail.

It is such a waste of taxpayer money to have fully staffed polling place where few go.

There is a middle ground: allow local governments to call for a hybrid all mail election where ballots are sent to everyone but allow for a few ‘final day’ drop-off locations. This would also allow provisional voting if someone losses their ballot.

In this option, I could see having one drop-off location in Orinda rather than 7 polling stations. We would get 85% of an efficiency and we would still please the ‘old school’ voter who likes to personally vote (drop their ballot).

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