Shiawassee Election Day Live-blogging
November 4th, 2008 | by christine |I started a thread over on the Shiawassee Forums on how today is going so far. I think things will be fine in the county today; I’ve heard nothing but good things about the efforts of Lauri Braid and our local clerks. I have some concern for one township in particular, and I’m heading out that way in a little while. I think it’s related to the 100′ rule and the issue of where people can post signs. There are private residents within 100 feet of the polling stations, and by US Supreme Court decision, they are allowed to have signs up in their yards. This particular clerk allegedly gave the resident so much grief that she took her signs down. Now there’s another dispute going on out there, but I don’t know the details. At any rate, it’s a stupid thing to fight over; the rules are black & white, and all we need to do is follow them.
If I have any updates, I’ll post them here and over in the forums. But thankfully so far, it looks to be a quiet day. 
Go Vote!
By the way, the design of this site may make it difficult to discern the hyperlinks in this blog. So, click here - http://shiawasseecounty.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2594&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=a - for the election thread in the forums.
One Response to “Shiawassee Election Day Live-blogging”
By Spencer on Nov 18, 2008 | Reply
Actually what I found interesting about this whole issue is that the clerk is a Republican and the signs were all of Democratic Candidates. Actually the 100′ rule applies to signs next to the voting polls. When signs are across the street, it is a non-issue.