| New Voter Locations; New Poll locations after school closings | |
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| Administrator | Nov 5 2006, 06:22 PM Post #1 |
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Many will vote at new sites Tuesday BY DAN WEST STAFF WRITER Nearly one-third of Livonia voters will have a new place to cast their ballots Tuesday. Five of the seven Livonia Public School buildings that were closed this summer as part of the district's Legacy Initiative reorganization were also used to house 12 of the city's 44 voting precincts. Some 20,000 voters who used to vote at Tyler, Taylor, Hull, Washington and Adams schools will be sent to other schools to vote in this week's general election. "This could cause some confusion, because we'll have a lot of people changing at once," City Clerk Val Vandersloot said. "In the past, we've had to change precincts when one school closed at a time, but with several schools closing, this presents different challenges." Three precincts formerly stationed at Taylor and precinct 4A at Tyler will relocate to Dickinson Center on Newburgh between Six Mile and Seven Mile. Former Hull voters will move to Frost Middle School on Stark Road north of Schoolcraft. Former Washington voters will shift to Rosedale Elementary on Ann Arbor Trail east of Newburgh. Voters from now-closed Tyler School in precinct 3A will move to Coolidge Elementary on Curtis west of Middlebelt, while Tyler voters in 3B will shift to Buchanan Elementary on Hubbard south of Six Mile. Former Adams School voters in precinct 24A will move to Roosevelt Elementary on Lyndon between Middlebelt and Merriman. Adams voters in 24B will switch to Riley School on Henry Ruff near Five Mile. Although McKinley, located on Hillcrest Street north of Joy, will no longer be an elementary school, the building is still open as leased space and for other district uses. Voters in the 35B and 35C precincts will still go to McKinley on election days. Vandersloot's office distributed new mailing cards and other notices to the impacted voters. A sign directing voters to their new precinct site will be posted in front of the former voting sites. Still, she anticipates her staff will receive a number of phone calls on Tuesday looking for the right place to vote. Those with questions about the location of their voting precinct can call the clerk's office at (734) 466-2233. "I don't expect that lines will be any longer than usual because the same precinct staffs will move to the new location and handle the same list of voters," Vandersloot said. Overall, Vandersloot said she expects a 60 percent voter turnout on Tuesday, which would match turnout reported in Livonia for the 2002 gubernatorial election. In addition to the governor's race between incumbent Democrat Jennifer Granholm and Republican Dick DeVos, voters will make determinations on several other races, including secretary of state, attorney general, state board of education, University of Michigan Board of Regents, Michigan State University Board of Trustees, Wayne State University Board of Governors, several non-partisan judicial races and five statewide policy propositions. In local races, voters will select between incumbent Republican Thaddeus McCotter, Democrat Tony Trupiano, U.S. Taxpayers' Charles Tacket and Libertarian John Tatar for a two-year seat on Congress. Incumbent Republican Laura Toy faces Democrat Glenn Anderson for a four-year term in the Michigan Senate. For the Michigan House of Representatives, those Livonians living south of Plymouth Road and east of Middlebelt will decide between incumbent Democrat Andy Dillon and Republican Zhelinrentice Clampitt for the 17th District seat. Voters in the rest of the city will select between incumbent Republican John Pastor and Democrat Brian Duggan for the 19th District seat. Incumbent Democrat Robert Ficano will square off against Republican Ramon Patrick for Wayne County Executive. The polls will be open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. Tuesday. All absentee ballots must be turned into the city clerk's office before 8 p.m. Tuesday in order to be counted. dwest@hometownlife.com | (734) 953-2109 Originally published November 5, 2006 http://www.hometownlife.com/apps/pbcs.dll/.../611050460/1027 |
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| Administrator | Nov 5 2006, 06:30 PM Post #2 |
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Thanks to the Livonia Observer for making this very clear as to where we vote. The Vote Livonia! webpage is very vague and difficult to understand. I know many people may have tossed out or forgotten about cards we recieved a couple of months ago telling us where our new precinct locations are. |
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| Recalla | Nov 6 2006, 12:23 PM Post #3 |
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Guess what taxpayers!!!!! Our money went to paying for these mailing cards announcing the new polling locations - since 7 voting locations were closed up This is yet again another lovely by-product of the Legacy Initiative socking it to taxpayers. <_< How much are we saving again?!
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| 4kids | Nov 6 2006, 03:13 PM Post #4 |
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So True Recalla <_< |
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| Administrator | Nov 6 2006, 06:12 PM Post #5 |
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Here is another great site to find out where you vote. Type in your name, and it will show you your ballot, and where you vote, with a map included. Voting instructions and calander. You can even watch a video that will show you exactly how to use the voting machine you will be using. Very cool. http://www.publius.org/ |
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