Tag: chuck_anderson

  • Unlucky %13

    Early primary day I read online reports of low turnout in Hillsborough, Efland, Carrboro and Chapel Hill. Having done a bit of research on local elections, I realized that my vote, 222, that late in the day, at the Chapel Hill Library, home of Estes Hills precinct, a precinct which traditionally turns out heavily, was […]

  • May 2nd: Don’t fear the reaper, get out and vote!

    Several months ago I went to Hillsborough for a demonstration of the ESS voting equipment. I saw the tried and true, paper ballot optical scan code machine and the fancy, complex and, I think, easy-to-tamper-with, touch screen unit. Wisely, the Board of Elections recommended the optical scan over the touch screen.