Registered Voters: 1,170,135 Ballots Cast: 160,492 Voter Turnout: 13.72% What a disappointment.
8 comments:
Anonymous
said...
Is there any wonder why there is such a low voter turn out!
The reason for a low turn out of voters is because most folks know little or care less about the issues that are on this ballot during this election.
Why are we not being offered the opportunity and right to vote on the real issues that concern us all?
UDB Line
Property taxes, mass transposition, schools
Mega Scam
Marlins Stadium
Miami River
Downtown Miami
Homeless
Foreclosures
Glut of housing
Crime
County commissioner’s salary
Pensions for police, fireman and retired elected leaders that are eating away at our budget
Illegal spot zoning of neighborhoods
Big box stores entering residential communities or being inappropriately permitted in C-1 zoned properties
Perhaps we are not being offered the opportunity and right to vote on the real issues that concern us all, because our elected leaders are afraid they already know what the citizens want and it is not much to their liking and best interest.
Place the real important issues on the ballot and you will see that more folks will care to come out and vote.
Low voter turnout always favors the incumbents. The political machines will get the faithful out to vote and there is no opposition vote. Aguirre made a good showing against Seijas. Think what could have happened if more voters turned out.
Let's start the petition for term limits for the commissioners. How else can the citizens rid themselves of the rotten apples? The present system allows each commissioner to absolutely control his/her district, while sticking their noses and deciding the fate of the entire county but those outside their districts have no say in their reelection. Do you still wonder why such a low voter turnout?
What else is new? Absentee ballots are manipulated to their advantage by PACs, unions, and any other of their supporters. Another petition to stop this illegal practice?
8 comments:
Is there any wonder why there is such a low voter turn out!
The reason for a low turn out of voters is because most folks know little or care less about the issues that are on this ballot during this election.
Why are we not being offered the opportunity and right to vote on the real issues that concern us all?
UDB Line
Property taxes, mass transposition, schools
Mega Scam
Marlins Stadium
Miami River
Downtown Miami
Homeless
Foreclosures
Glut of housing
Crime
County commissioner’s salary
Pensions for police, fireman and retired elected leaders that are eating away at our budget
Illegal spot zoning of neighborhoods
Big box stores entering residential communities or being inappropriately permitted in C-1 zoned properties
Perhaps we are not being offered the opportunity and right to vote on the real issues that concern us all, because our elected leaders are afraid they already know what the citizens want and it is not much to their liking and best interest.
Place the real important issues on the ballot and you will see that more folks will care to come out and vote.
Harry Emilio Gottlieb
just read the average comment on the herald website and consider this...
those are the people who are actually READING the paper!
Low voter turnout always favors the incumbents. The political machines will get the faithful out to vote and there is no opposition vote. Aguirre made a good showing against Seijas. Think what could have happened if more voters turned out.
Let's start the petition for term limits for the commissioners. How else can the citizens rid themselves of the rotten apples? The present system allows each commissioner to absolutely control his/her district, while sticking their noses and deciding the fate of the entire county but those outside their districts have no say in their reelection. Do you still wonder why such a low voter turnout?
YES! term limits. Start the petition NOW.
Not only was the turnout small, there was a huge absentee ballot percentage incorprorated into the vote. Hummmmmm.
What else is new? Absentee ballots are manipulated to their advantage by PACs, unions, and any other of their supporters. Another petition to stop this illegal practice?
To the first anon:
What's more important than voting for the PEOPLE who make the DECISIONS on those very issues?!
I'm tired of being the only one with the "I voted" sticker I see all day.
And to everyone else with excuses: Stop whining and start doing something about it.
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