{"id":9615,"date":"2014-07-14T06:24:41","date_gmt":"2014-07-14T10:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=9615"},"modified":"2014-07-19T22:28:27","modified_gmt":"2014-07-20T02:28:27","slug":"board-of-elections-listened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2014\/07\/board-of-elections-listened.html","title":{"rendered":"Board of Elections listened"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\nOne precinct off the list for closing, but what about others?\r\nAnd what&#8217;s this about an unannounced change to the date of a\r\npublicly-announced meeting of the Board of Elections?\r\n<p>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.valdostadailytimes.com\/archive\/x1448235237\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;width:300px\" src=\"http:\/\/d6673sr63mbv7.cloudfront.net\/archive\/x1448235237\/g2580000000000000000a062bf57763c18a69e04f0f27434d42007efa9d.jpg\"><\/a>\r\nAfter several people went to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2014\/06\/more-precinct-consolidation-by-board-of-elections-2014-07-22.html\">8 July 2014 Special Called Board of Elections\r\nMeeting<\/a> that I found in the VDT Public Notice listings,\r\nand some of them talked to that board and to Lowndes County Commissioners,\r\napparently somebody listened.\r\nAccording to Lowndes County Elections Supervisor Deb Cox to\r\nLowndes County Democratic Party Elections Chair Dennis Marks 13 July 2014:\r\n<blockquote style=\"font-size:100%\">\r\nMildred Hunter is not being considered for consolidation. Deb\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p>\r\nHowever, she did not say what <em>other<\/em> precincts might\r\nstill be slated for consolidation.\r\n<p>\r\nRumor has it that <!--more-->the Board of Elections meeting of the\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2014\/06\/more-precinct-consolidation-by-board-of-elections-2014-07-22.html\">\r\npublic announcement for 22 July 2014<\/a> has been changed to 9AM 18 July 2014.\r\nHowever, there is no public announcement of this supposed change,\r\nand no confirmation from Deb Cox.\r\n<p>\r\nWhy is there any need to\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2014\/07\/precinct-consolidation-table-and-board-of-elections-2014-07-22.html\">\r\nkeep changing precincts every year<\/a>?\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One precinct off the list for closing, but what about others? And what&#8217;s this about an unannounced change to the date of a publicly-announced meeting of the Board of Elections? 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