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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Barr lived nearby. (I used to run into him occasionally at the supermarket) He moved, period. The district he would have been, the new 11th, was certainly drawn in an odd, meandering way (and yes, the Dems running the state house wanted to get rid of him), but he would have had a better shot in it than against Linder.
He blew it, period.
LOL! Take it from a broker specializing in bonds: even among "junk bonds," very few of them default; ya got a lot more likelihood of getting your money back!
If it's really over my statement to DU - walk it off son.
As long as she is around Hillary cannot win.
Funny.
I could have sworn most "campaign workers" in "most" races (not funded by Islamic militias) are volunteers....
But, then again, maybe all her "homeless workers" payroll money went to pay her voters.
LOL!!
They need a dozen threads,you ever go over their and see how long it takes for the threads to download??
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