Election Day

For John, BLUF:  Please, please, please vote.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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GO VOTE

There are a number of reasons to vote.  Perhaps your friend is running, and deserves a little suppport from you.  Perhaps someone you admire is running and you think they would be a good elected official for your town or city.

However, the best reason to vote is that politicians, and government bureaucrats, pay attention to the voter turnout. The reason the Belvidere section of Lowell seems to get special attention from local government is because, in local elections, about 40 percent of the voters actully go and vote.  On the other hand, in some parts of the city the turnout is less than 10 percent.  Which area attacts more attention?  Exactly.  Even with "districts" Belvidere will have a disproportionate impact on which "at large" candidates win.  But, if all areas turn out in large numbers, then the whole City because an important garden of voters, to be carefully cultivated.

The problem with the recent election law suit is that it misidentified the problem to be fixed. It wasn't minority participation.  It was voter turnout.  Remember what Dead Karl told us:  "The first, the supreme, the most far-reaching act of judgment that the statesman and commander have to make is to establish . . . the kind of war on which they are embarking."  It applies in politics, as it does in war.

Here are the Lowell polling locations.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff