There was an election last Tuesday. You might have heard about it. We got a new governor out of the deal. If you look at local news coverage, the majority of my neighbors were blithely unaware or just didn't care. See the link to the story above.
To make matters worse, there is a Reader's Reaction section that I, for the life of me, even though I am registered on the Journal-Messenger site, cannot figure out how to access. Since I can't do that, I feel the overwhelming need to correct these people here.
Posted on 11/11 at 06:12 PM
That is why I want to see voter turnout by precinct. Manassas Park has two precincts, divided by RTE 28. Precinct 1 is east of 28 and Precinct 2 is west of 28. Interestingly, Precinct 2 is slightly more Democratic-leaning than Precinct 1, by a few percentage points.
That is actually incorrect. I talked to Patricia Brendel about this at one point. There was also a document that addressed the new polling places. The divide in Manassas Drive... I live in Brandy Station, I vote at Costello Park in Ward/Precinct One. I used to have a sitter over by Cougar. She too has to haul all the way across town to vote at Costello. If you live north of Manassas Drive, you go to Ward/Precinct Two, which I believe is the middle or high school. It's not which side of 28 or the train tracks you live on to vote (as it is with everything else in the Park), it's which side of Manassas Drive.
Posted on 11/11 at 02:24 PM
I'd like to see the Manassas Park voter turnout broken down by precinct.
There you go
http://sbe.virginiainteractive.org/nov2005/detail683.htm#03
Posted on 11/11 at 10:23 AM
Manassas Park probably has more illegal immigrants that any other city/county in Virginia. I believe that had more to do with the low voter numbers than any other factor.
This one is signed by someone named surprised?. I would be surprised too if illegal immigration had much to do with low voter turnout as in theory illegal immigrants do not have the right to vote. The are routinely purged from voting roles as are convicted felons who register unknowingly or erroneously. Voting is a right and responsibility of citizenship. Most immigrants I know are too busy making a living to know or care who is in office. Quit beating the immigration drum for every social ill. If you really want to do something, go to Frank Jones and the Governing Board and ask what they are going to do about the "problem" in the community in the ways that matter - overcrowding in homes and schools, gangs, etc...
Posted on 11/11 at 10:23 AM
Why should the voters in Manassas Park care about the state elections? With our small population we always end up sharing representation with Manassas, and although Parrish is a good man, he has always taken his mandate from them. Not one time has he supported a position that helped Manassas Park over Manassas and he probably won't this time around. If all of Manassas Park's registered voters voted against the candidate preferred by Manassas, we would still lose. So why bother?
This is the only post that makes sense. Apathy, however, is still no excuse not to vote.
Posted on 11/11 at 10:23 AM
More than likely the reason behind the low votes in Manassas Park is probably because a majority of the residents are non-citizens. The other reason could be that people just did not register to vote. Like they say, every vote counts though!
The flaw in your logic is the that voter turn-out is calculated in relation to registered voters, not population. Again, the only way illegal immigration would affect this statistic is if illegal immigrants registered erroneously. It isn't to say that it doesn't happen, but more likely it was a bunch of citizens who registered to vote and just didn't care enough to.
I can't believe the Manassas Journal-Messenger doesn't care enough about the content of their comment boards to go through and correct misleading and erroneous information themselves. Depressing.
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