election tomorrow

[cos]

Tomorrow, Tuesday May 15th, is the general election for the open seat on the Somerville Board of Aldermen. The two top candidates from last month's primary, Marty Martinez and Jack Connolly will be on the ballot.

Polls are open 7am - 8pm, and you can find your polling place at WhereDoIVoteMA.com. All Somerville voters can vote in this election (election info from the city).

Many people who voted in the primary will forget to vote again tomorrow, so both candidates need some new voters as well as many of their supporters from April as they can get. If you're supporting Jack, this is your chance to make a comeback; if you're supporting Marty, don't assume he'll win. Vote!

Comments

[turil.livejournal.com]

I would say that anyone who has an honest interest in Somerville should be able to vote on at least some Somerville issues. If you live here, do business here, have to travel through here, or even live a few streets away, you definitely have a good reason to care about what happens here.

I think the main thing that people are afraid of is that whole "us vs. them" thing. And I think the way to get around that is to create a more collaborative government that aims for the best solution to problems, rather than a less effective solution that benefits only the majority or even a minority.

[heliograph.livejournal.com]

So would you limit who could vote at all? Or anyone who cared enough to vote in local elections would be all the qualification you needed?