Wal-Mart and farmers: Best green reads
Here’s your latest roundup of environmental news from around the web: Our local green guru gets some tough love, and an architecture prof calls out sprawl.
Quarter of Albemarle voters cast ballots by 9am
And we are off! The Albemarle County Department of Voter Registration & Elections has reported that as of 9 am, 17,556 people had voted in the county. That is 26.1 percent of Albemarle’s registered voters. The next figure on voter turnout will be around 1pm. Stay tuned.
Umm… I think I’m supposed to do something today
I woke up this morning with the sense that there’s some task I need to do, but I can’t quite put my finger on it, dammit. No wait, don’t say anything — it’ll come to me.
Lunchtime: Lines longer at Eppie’s than at polls
The around-the-block lines of the morning have melted in the midday rain. At Recreation precinct, there was no wait to vote a few moments ago. Ditto for Tonsler and Alumni Hall.
Alumni Hall polls: Car crashes and dogs
Tom Perriello’s brother-in-law holds down the fort with a few Democrats; local Republicans field an empty table.
No ballot problems so far at Tonsler Park
Before 7am at the Tonsler Park Recreation Center on Cherry Avenue, close to 100 people lined up waiting to cast their ballot. By 8:30am, the line wasn’t much of a line at all.
Ballots already cast by 60 percent of Albemarle voters
As of 1pm, 49.9 percent of registered voters have voted in Albemarle County, reports the Albemarle County Department of Voter Registration and Elections, a total of33,613 people.
Venable precinct: Strange write-in votes and sample ballots
“Did you really vote for Karl Marx?” and a battle over campaign posters.
Voter turnout at 41 percent in the city
As of 1pm, 11,877 people, or 41.4 percent, cast their ballots in the eight precincts in the city.
Obama supporters dare to wear campaign garb
Despite the mid-October ban of politically charged clothing by the Virginia State Board of Elections, voters are still wearing their desired candidates on their sleeve.