VA School Board shows how you supress the vote without breaking the law

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First of all, this county has a very high AA vote.

Secondly, hundreds of voters were disenfranchised because there were not enough ballots on Election Day and people were forced to vote on scraps of paper that ended up not counting.

And third of all, if you read the link, the Superintendent says, boo-hoo, we decided this at the end of last school year. Well, that was after the primary that resulted in an historic turn-out and resulted in very long lines at the polls.

Wait to go, brainiacs!



By WESLEY P. HESTER
TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER
With Election Day weeks away, Chesterfield County's registrar is worried.

The reason: Chesterfield County schools have scheduled their elementary parent-teacher conferences for Nov. 4.

Of the county's 67 polling places, 47 are schools. When parents of the county's 60,000 public school students show up at schools on the same day as voters, it could create a congestion scene reminiscent of the one the day of February's presidential primary.

"It's a bad idea," warned registrar Lawrence C. Haake III, who recently had precinct changes approved by the U.S. Department of Justice in response to the widely publicized problems of February, which included parking.

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After inquiries from a reporter yesterday, a school system spokesman said the county's superintendent of schools, Marcus J. Newsome, would consider changing the conference date on Wednesday at a meeting with his leadership team.

LINK: http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/living/education.PrintView.-content-articles-RTD-2008-09-27-0056.html

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1. Chesterfield is republican leaning

It will probably hurt McCain more than Obama

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2. It may have been last time around....

but northern Chesterfield County consists of several predominantly African American neighborhoods and registration in the county is way up.

On primary day, it wasn't the white working class precints that didn't have enought ballots and were overcrowded, it happened specifically in the AA districts.

That is my concern....Webb won VA with less than 500 votes. Missing out on any of those sure-fire Dems in Chesterfield is not a good thing.

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3. Henrico County (Suburban Richmond)

is also having Parent/Teacher conferences on Election Night. My wife is a teacher here and we’re both dismayed that they could be so stupid.

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5. Glad to hear there's at least one Dem in Henrico... n/t

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4. I always go in the evening, never thought about what goes on during the day.

Chesterfield is fundyville. Church on every corner or one being built.

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6. The conferences will be held until 6:30 pm

This is not good as it is the time many people go to vote; after work and early enough to get home to the kids.

The southern and western parts of the county are definitely fundieville, but those areas had ZERO problems with ballots and lines on primary election day. What a coinkidink that it was only in the African American neighborhoods just south of the city.