Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Absentee Voting Rush

> Many, many voters are getting absentee ballots. Here is a story from the Dispatch:
Half of all Franklin County voters could cast their ballots before the first poll opens on Ohio's primary election day.....

"It's very possible that we will hit 100,000 absentee votes, a record for a primary," said Matthew Damschroder, director of the Franklin County Board of Elections....

......Franklin County has 780,000 registered voters, though most don't show up for primaries. But Damschroder figures that, given the high-profile local and presidential races, well more than the usual 200,000 might vote in the March 4 primary.....

It should be interesting.

> Karen Gillmor has gotten an endorsement. According to the Dispatch, Karen Gillmor got the Republican endorsement to run for the Ohio Senate's 26th District. Did anyone bother to ask if she lives in the district? Does she still live in Dublin? Does anyone care?

> Popular Blue Jacket, Jody Shelley, has been traded (Star Telegram). He will be missed.