Posted on 08/20/2002 9:02:36 AM PDT by Coop
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A light but steady flow of voters was reported at several metro Atlanta polling places during the early stages of today's primary election, and at least one precinct was briefly shut down because of confusion over redistricting.
Voters have faced massive precinct shifts as a result of this year's once-a-decade redrawing of political district maps.
Confusion over the redistricting prompted the precinct at Margaret Harris High School, off North Druid Hills Road in DeKalb County, to suspend voting for about 20 minutes shortly after opening today, said poll manager Maria Arvelo.
Arvelo said the precinct had recently been moved from the 4th Congressional District to the 5th District, but after several voters came in thinking they were still in the 4th District, "we had to shut the precinct down until we got clarification on it."
"People were confused because there are signs along North Druid Hills saying Cynthia McKinney and Denise Majette, and people were like, 'Well, I wasn't notified [of the change],' " Arvelo said. "But they were notified because their voter's registration says District 5."
She said the precinct would remain open an extra 20 minutes -- until 7:20 p.m. -- to make up for the time it closed this morning.
At the Briarwood Recreation Center in DeKalb, about 10 people were waiting when the polls opened at 7 a.m.
Most of those voting during the first 15 minutes were casting ballots in the Democratic primary, said Dottie Cadenhead, the poll manager.
The only early problem was one voter -- the first person in one in line -- who was at the wrong precinct, Cadenhead said.
"He was disappointed, but I think he'll make his way over to another precinct," she said.
At DeKalb's Medlock Elementary School, 60 people had either already voted or were waiting in line to vote at 7:30 a.m.
In northwest Atlanta, Bill Dennis, poll manager at Morris Brandon Elementary School precinct, said the line upon opening was "about average" for a primary, with about 10 people queued.
Dennis said that fewer than 20 people voted during the first 30 minutes. The turnout was even lighter elsewhere.
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Sweet...
Thank you Georgia!!
"Billy McKinney-- Next?"
"The Slasher Runs Again" ( he's infamous for pulling a knife on another member of the General Assembly! )
"Do you really want this thug as your representative?"
as the title... I'm pondering it today.
We followed Father Bob up to St. Andrews when he left St. Mark's here in town- Emily liked working with him for the decade or so he was priest here, and didn't care much for his replacement. We did belong to the choir at St. Andrews, but her health problems ( ended up needing a plate in her neck! ) caused us to slowly fall out around spring of 2001.
It is indeed a small world- "Shelly" was Emily's first beloved Shetland Sheep Dog when we married in 1984, and when she died in 1993, I really thought I would come home one day to find a bloody corpse, my girl was so profoundly grief-stricken and depressed. We got Taffy shortly thereafter, and it helped- although now she is getting old, as our dog friends do too quickly.
I am, of course, glad that she is still interested in hunting varmints, but I really don't enjoy it when she catches them- the blood, guts, and screeches and barks, and the inevitable stuggle to separate her from her "kill" without getting into a fight with her...
Now that I think about it, Cynthia McKinney now has nothing to lose by not sitting down and shutting up.
No one will have control over Cynthia now. She can speak, she can tell the truth, and she can raise holy hell.
If there's one thing Cynthia is good at, it's raising holy hell.
Think about it....Cynthia has a seat in Congress until January. She can now make Shrub's life a living nightmare without impunity! [sic]
Oh, and Cynthia is a fighter....she'll not go down without a fight.
And, the Democrats are looking for a feisty leader aren't we? Who better than a black woman from the south? A black woman from the south who knows how to tell the world she will not sit down and shut up!!!!
A black woman from the south who has long worked with the likes of Martin Luther King III and Reverend Lowery and civil rights leaders who know how to stage non-violent rallies!
Oh boy - this loss might be the best thing that ever happened to Cynthia McKinney!!!! And US!!!!
:::::::::::::helpless laughter in New York City:::::::::::::::
She's completely clueless. She's also out of a job real soon.
;o)
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