Yesterday afternoon I was sitting in a lawn chair enjoying a refreshing peach iced tea with a couple of (nerdy political) friends in the beautiful 93 degree weather. We of course were sitting in the shade.
The topic of conversation? Elections. Yeah, I know, not exactly what most people talk about on a nice day like yesterday.
I brought up that there are some on the city council (Jamison, Staggers and Karsky) that truly want to fix the musical precincts, and the wheels will be set in motion soon. But we know how slow those wheels turn.
So one of the ‘Super Friends’ suggested that if the council and the county auditor don’t want to fix the back and forth of municipal elections, we should just fix it.
I said, “How?!”
They responded, “A petition drive.”
I am a bit gun shy when it comes to petition drives, but I don’t think any group that would pursue it would have a problem collecting signatures. There are so many people frustrated with the constant changes when it comes to precincts and voting in Sioux Falls, that I think they would have no problem collecting enough signatures.
The bigger question is if it gets on the ballot, how many precincts would be open to vote on it 🙂
Here is a recap of the email I sent out to elected officials;
Normally I do not email my elected officials, especially the entire city council, the county commission, the school board, the mayor, the city clerk and the county auditor all at once, but I did a recent post about the ‘musical precincts’ this city continues to play with elections and the mass confusion it has on voters. It’s time you all sat down in a room and figured out a standard already, this has gone on long enough!
Here is a PDF of the responses I haven’t gotten so far:Â precincts
Notice only two county commissioners responded and four city councilors (Jamison responded by phone). I’m still waiting to hear from the county auditor, school board, city clerk and mayor. I’m not holding my breath.