Crappy coverage of Election 2007 results

[Front_Porch]

OK, Zip, I know this is destined for deletion, but I couldn't figure out where else to put it . . .

We had an election yesterday. An election, part of democracy, that thing we go to other countries to kill people to make sure they have.

In Manhattan, a fairly populous borough that is often perceived as a fulcrum of the universe, the judges' races were uncontested, so there was only one thing to decide -- a water question.

Despite the fact that this was a statewide proposition, nobody wants to tell me whether it passed.

Not the *&% New York Times (even though it has political blogs), not @#%^ New York 1, not the )*&^ Daily News, not the &$# Post.

Newsday, ever good at being local, tells me how Nassau County voted on it.

You want to know why citizens don't think their votes matter? Because they can't find out what the ^$#& election results are.

signed,
disgruntled Manhattan voter

[lofter1]

I voted yesterday (not another voting soul in sight, however) --

But on my ballot there were only the two races for Judge -- NO "water question" ...

So, what was the question in question?

[lofter1]

Daily News (http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/11/07/2007-11-07_staten_island_da_daniel_donovan_survives.html) had a bit of coverage (how I missed the water question on my ballot remains a mystery):

... With no citywide candidates to lure New York's 3.8 million registered voters to the polls, Election Day turnout was expected to be extremely low - possibly even breaking a record for a general election.

... The vote in the city will cost taxpayers an estimated $15 million to $16 million, said Valerie Vazquez, a spokeswoman for the New York City Board of Elections.

The board had to open all 1,369 poll sites - even though many districts had no races - because of a statewide ballot question asking whether the New York should give up an acre of forest preserve land in upstate Hamilton County to provide drinking water for the Adirondack hamlet of Raquette Lake. The measure passed overwhelmingly.

[ZippyTheChimp]

The statewide water proposition addressed turning over one acre of Adirondack Forest Preserve to the town of Long Lake to drill water wells for the water supply of the Raquette Lake. In exchange, 12 acres of land would be transferred from the town to the state forest preserve.

Since the exchange involved an amendment to the state constitution, a statewide election was required,

The measure passed.

[Ninjahedge]

NJ:

Stem Cell = No
Sales Tax-> Property Tax Relief = No
Green Space = Yes
Removal of "Idiot" = Yes

I am really disapointed about the Stem Cell thing. Seems people want to have green spaces more than medical research.

Also, I think people thought that by voting against the tax -> tax relief that somehow it would be removed (sales tax would go back down). The item did not describe its full ramifications so it can be easily misconstrued.

[Front_Porch]

Thanks Zip.

ali