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Post by fiberisgoodforyou on Apr 17, 2007 19:54:01 GMT -5
I will chime in with a guess of ....
1,892 voters showed up for this school board election today!
What say your Fellow Freeholder Boro residents.
Best guess wins NOTHING but a "great guess"?
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leelye
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Post by leelye on Apr 17, 2007 20:39:27 GMT -5
Figfy,
We were numbers 51 & 52 respectively @ 6PM @ District #3. My guess is closer to 1200 voters if you're lucky. There was a lot of competition out there; i.e. income tax deadline (though NJ got another 2 day extension because of the floods) and wet basements. On top of which the borough further flooded the streets with hydrant flushing. They could have postponed that for another week.
Leelye
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Post by fiberisgoodforyou on Apr 17, 2007 21:06:31 GMT -5
Figfy, We were numbers 51 & 52 respectively @ 6PM @ District #3. My guess is closer to 1200 voters if you're lucky. There was a lot of competition out there; i.e. income tax deadline (though NJ got another 2 day extension because of the floods) and wet basements. On top of which the borough further flooded the streets with hydrant flushing. They could have postponed that for another week. Leelye 1200 voters would be an OK number! Com'on PEOPLE, jump in to the Voter turn out pool, the waters fine! Nows your chance, even if you have NEVER posted here before, no word, no opinion's, just RAW numbers!!! Put a number up, go I dare you! ( and you know who your are!!!  |
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Post by fiberisgoodforyou on Apr 17, 2007 21:14:29 GMT -5
Is shoe polish messages on a car a new trend or has all this rain started getting to people? Just noticed this today, do I need to get out a tin of KIWI Black Shoe Polish, and dab out a special catch phrase like " Honk if You'll Fund Me"!  |
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Post by fiberisgoodforyou on Apr 17, 2007 21:57:46 GMT -5
UNOFFICIAL...School Budget Passed...UNOFFICIAL
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Post by admin on Apr 18, 2007 4:53:58 GMT -5
From the APP
FREEHOLD
(3 three-year terms)
»Audrey Evans* — 431
»Annette Jordan* — 445
»Eileen McGough — 432
Tax levy: $7,429,529
»Votes for — 357
Votes against — 299
Public question for sports, activities, residency officer $75,275
»Votes for — 342
Votes against — 314
FREEHOLD REGIONAL
Tax levy: $105,264,819
»Votes for — 8,555
Votes against — 7,037
Public question for sports, repairs and equipment $1,352,777
»Votes for — 8,013
Votes against — 7,527
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Post by sonofsilencedogood on Apr 18, 2007 5:39:12 GMT -5
so I guess the answer to the question of this thread is...656...just over a third of what Fiber was hoping for, and just over half of what leelye was figuring...
so the school budget passed...whether or not it's a good thing is up to the individual...but 656 votes? The real winner...once again...was apathy.
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Post by andrewd on Apr 18, 2007 7:03:12 GMT -5
Fiber, you're reading the number incorrectly...let me see if I can explain this without confusing myself...
look at the number of budget votes we got, 833 (which seems higher than the numbers we saw last night at Boro Hall, but I could have missed something). That means that 833 people voted on that question, right? Right.
Now, when it came to electing board members, you were allowed to pick up to three people, which means that each of the 833 people could have voted for Audrey, Annette, and Eileen (quick side note - congratulations and welcome aboard Eileen McGough).
So that total you see of 1614 votes does not indicate the number of people who voted, but rather the number of votes that were cast for school board members. In actuality, there could have been 2499 votes for school board members (833 voters, each picking the three candidates for the board...833x3=2499)...but there were write in votes for candidates, and of course many people who either did not vote for three board members (or any at all).
Hope that clears things up.
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Post by fiberisgoodforyou on Apr 18, 2007 20:53:19 GMT -5
Fiber, you're reading the number incorrectly...let me see if I can explain this without confusing myself... look at the number of budget votes we got, 833 (which seems higher than the numbers we saw last night at Boro Hall, but I could have missed something). That means that 833 people voted on that question, right? Right. Now, when it came to electing board members, you were allowed to pick up to three people, which means that each of the 833 people could have voted for Audrey, Annette, and Eileen (quick side note - congratulations and welcome aboard Eileen McGough). So that total you see of 1614 votes does not indicate the number of people who voted, but rather the number of votes that were cast for school board members. In actuality, there could have been 2499 votes for school board members (833 voters, each picking the three candidates for the board...833x3=2499)...but there were write in votes for candidates, and of course many people who either did not vote for three board members (or any at all). Hope that clears things up. Opps, this explains my check books continual overdraft state! |
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