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Today's Poll!Were voters too fatigued to mark ballots on annexation?
Nearly 1,200 Jefferson City voters passed up their chance
Sunday, November 11, 2012
On Tuesday, Jefferson City’s proposal to annex a new area into the city’s 4th Ward failed to get the two-thirds majority needed to pass.
The Meadows by the Club annexation proposal received 64.96 percent in favor, falling just short of the needed 67 percent to pass.
But a closer look at the vote totals from within Jefferson City show 1,189 people who cast ballots chose not to vote on the annexation issue. Cole County Clerk Marvin Register said, for the issue to pass, at least 200 more votes were needed in the affirmative.
The reason so many did not vote on the issue could be a variety of reasons, including ballot fatigue, where voters get to ....
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Paroquet 6 months, 1 week ago
Were voters too fatigued to mark ballots on annexation?
I'd rather imagine that many who didn't simply figured the City would just pull the same dirty trick they did last time.
Oh, sure, it was all nice and legal. That didn't make it right. If people want annexation, let them ask. Usurpation is so medieval. We left those times behind, with the Kings and the Plague.
gettingthere 6 months, 1 week ago
I agree. I voted no believing the city would eventually prevail, only to find that my vote actually counted for something I believe in. The current system, if it fails 1, then try for 2, is flawed in favor of the city. 2/3rds vote in the majority to pass is overwhelming for the area considering annexation. The odds are stacked against them. I should know, my subdivision was annexed this way in 2007. It failed overwhelmingly in the 4th ward in round 1, only to be gobbled up by the entire city in the next election.
JCLifer 6 months, 1 week ago
Instead of making excuses to keep putting it on the ballot again, why don't the city leaders form a broadbased committee to identify and study reasons why no one wants to be annexed into the city, as well as reasons why the taxpayers do not support additional investment in the form of taxes for city transformation and improvement.
I suspect the voters have lost faith and trust in the city leadership. What are the city leaders going to do to improve this?
Guitarman 6 months, 1 week ago
Since I didn't notice a place to mark a straight ticket, so the voters of JC had to actually chose a canidate. By the time they got to the back page they could have been FATIGUED!!!
rodinman 6 months, 1 week ago
Perhaps they made a conscientious decision not to vote either for or against annexation because they had insufficient information. I now wonder if NT will do an article saying how many local residents did not vote in each race/issue. Doubt it. They did not mention that a smaller percentage of voters supported annexation this time than in August.
joytotheworld 6 months, 1 week ago
Well, it was already said about us not trusting our leadership anymore. We are wanting to come into the 2000's and you all are trying to keep us in the 1800's . You have shown you have no clue what is best for the city over and over, going over our heads when you can so you don't have to be turned down by the people because it's something we don't want but you do . I'm sure the ones that didn't vote on it just plain don't care . So you have a majority that doesn't care, and a few more that don't care . What's that say about your " plans " ?
os2hank 6 months, 1 week ago
The annexation vote was not even on the ballot I recieved. I would have vote against itm I live in the Apache Flats area, guess the did not want us to vote?
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