[TAG] OT: Too darned much democracy

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Breen Mullins (bpm at idiom.com):

> I worked this election the other day. I was at a precinct in 
> Redwood City. The polls were open 13 hours and we had 79 voters.

28% turnout, according to the _S.F. Chronicle_, a record low for
California.  I was one of the few people I checked with who voted
(though some had gotten stuck at work, and didn't make the polls in
time).

And thank you for helping the election effort, by the way.

> The precinct numbers are assigned by the counties - according to
> the SecState http://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/hava_introduction.htm
> there are about 25,000 precincts in the state.

Incredible.  I would never have thought that our little county, alone,
would have over 4000.

> Note that although we have 5 supervisorial districts, everybody
> in the county votes in all races.

Yes, I had to double-check that a few times, myself.

-- 
Cheers,             
Rick Moen                 "Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor."
rick at linuxmafia.com                                   -- Elizabeth Tudor