Comments on: CAUTION: Election board screws up polling places http://blogkc.com/archives/2007/02/caution-election-board-screws-up-polling-places/ A Weblog for Kansas City, Missouri. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:19:11 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: bxorhxeqjq http://blogkc.com/archives/2007/02/caution-election-board-screws-up-polling-places/comment-page-1/#comment-182511 bxorhxeqjq Fri, 22 Jun 2007 01:05:38 +0000 http://blogkc.com/archives/2007/02/caution-election-board-screws-up-polling-places/#comment-182511 Hello! Good Site! Thanks you! uroydyihsgecqs Hello! Good Site! Thanks you! uroydyihsgecqs

]]> By: kiki http://blogkc.com/archives/2007/02/caution-election-board-screws-up-polling-places/comment-page-1/#comment-148643 kiki Tue, 27 Feb 2007 21:32:24 +0000 http://blogkc.com/archives/2007/02/caution-election-board-screws-up-polling-places/#comment-148643 No Marie, I made it up as a joke. Big difference. You should stop taking things people say so seriously. Doubly so anything said by someone named Kiki. No Marie, I made it up as a joke. Big difference. You should stop taking things people say so seriously. Doubly so anything said by someone named Kiki.

]]> By: Marie http://blogkc.com/archives/2007/02/caution-election-board-screws-up-polling-places/comment-page-1/#comment-148480 Marie Tue, 27 Feb 2007 13:00:34 +0000 http://blogkc.com/archives/2007/02/caution-election-board-screws-up-polling-places/#comment-148480 So, in other words...you made this up to start rumors. OK, you lost all credibility with me, Kiki. Thanks. So, in other words…you made this up to start rumors. OK, you lost all credibility with me, Kiki. Thanks.

]]> By: kiki http://blogkc.com/archives/2007/02/caution-election-board-screws-up-polling-places/comment-page-1/#comment-148292 kiki Mon, 26 Feb 2007 23:27:47 +0000 http://blogkc.com/archives/2007/02/caution-election-board-screws-up-polling-places/#comment-148292 Sorry, ryan, but that giant sucking sound you are refering to is all of KC's recent progress heading right out of town. Sorry, ryan, but that giant sucking sound you are refering to is all of KC’s recent progress heading right out of town.

]]> By: ryan http://blogkc.com/archives/2007/02/caution-election-board-screws-up-polling-places/comment-page-1/#comment-148270 ryan Mon, 26 Feb 2007 21:43:04 +0000 http://blogkc.com/archives/2007/02/caution-election-board-screws-up-polling-places/#comment-148270 Hah, anything to dig on the Funk, eh, kiki? Good thing he's probably going to win the election. Then perhaps when things continue on the upswing, the naysayers will realize, hey, we *can* have development without sucking off every developer that rides through town looking for a quick BJ. Hah, anything to dig on the Funk, eh, kiki? Good thing he’s probably going to win the election. Then perhaps when things continue on the upswing, the naysayers will realize, hey, we *can* have development without sucking off every developer that rides through town looking for a quick BJ.

]]> By: heidi http://blogkc.com/archives/2007/02/caution-election-board-screws-up-polling-places/comment-page-1/#comment-148252 heidi Mon, 26 Feb 2007 19:43:52 +0000 http://blogkc.com/archives/2007/02/caution-election-board-screws-up-polling-places/#comment-148252 From the Star article linked on Gone Mild's post: http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/16762911.htm ------------------------ Kansas City is removing 41 of the 184 sites, largely for economic reasons. “This is the first time we have ever had a reduction of this magnitude,” said Sharon Turner Buie, Kansas City election director. The Kansas City election board sent mailers Saturday announcing the change. Buie said 35,000 voters will be affected by the change. “Each voter received a postcard from us telling them where their new polling place is,” Buie said. Buie cited the higher costs of new voter equipment along with decreasing voter turnout and fewer election judges as reasons for cutting the polling places. She doesn’t expect to add polling places for future elections. From the Star article linked on Gone Mild’s post:

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/16762911.htm

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Kansas City is removing 41 of the 184 sites, largely for economic reasons.

“This is the first time we have ever had a reduction of this magnitude,” said Sharon Turner Buie, Kansas City election director.

The Kansas City election board sent mailers Saturday announcing the change.

Buie said 35,000 voters will be affected by the change.

“Each voter received a postcard from us telling them where their new polling place is,” Buie said.

Buie cited the higher costs of new voter equipment along with decreasing voter turnout and fewer election judges as reasons for cutting the polling places. She doesn’t expect to add polling places for future elections.

]]> By: Marie http://blogkc.com/archives/2007/02/caution-election-board-screws-up-polling-places/comment-page-1/#comment-148234 Marie Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:43:08 +0000 http://blogkc.com/archives/2007/02/caution-election-board-screws-up-polling-places/#comment-148234 I've searched the city's website for any such recommendation. Do you have a reference we could read to keep it in context or find out the details? I’ve searched the city’s website for any such recommendation. Do you have a reference we could read to keep it in context or find out the details?

]]> By: kiki http://blogkc.com/archives/2007/02/caution-election-board-screws-up-polling-places/comment-page-1/#comment-148227 kiki Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:51:24 +0000 http://blogkc.com/archives/2007/02/caution-election-board-screws-up-polling-places/#comment-148227 Is it possible that the decision to close polling places was a money saving move recommended by a former auditor? Is it possible that the decision to close polling places was a money saving move recommended by a former auditor?

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