City Clerk Cherilynn Tallman says she will ask council, city management for re-evaluation of consolidated voting precincts.
While residents were digesting election results on Wednesday, Ferndale City Clerk Cherilynn Tallman and her staff were already at work evaluating ways to make the voting process more efficient next time. On Tuesday, residents reported varying wait times at the polls with voters at certain locations including University High School waiting more than two hours even during non-peak times. "I hate that voters had to wait so long. I know that it was a tremendous hardship for a lot of people," Tallman said Wednesday. "I feel for those who simply couldn't wait, so we're going to do our part to make it easier for our residents to exercise their right to vote next time." Election Day turnout in Ferndale was just under 64 percent this year - almost …
New precinct boundaries that go into effect for the August vote shrink polling places from nine to seven in Ferndale, City Clerk Cherilynn Tallman says.
Last Tuesday's presidential primary marked the last time some residents in the city got to vote at their current polling locations. The Feb. 28 election was the time using the current precinct map in Ferndale. Starting in August, some voters will have a new polling location based on precinct changes approved in December. The plan shrinks voting districts from nine locations to seven, removing the Roosevelt Primary and Autumn House polling locations and redistributing those voters throughout the new district lines. While some residents discussed the changes with election workers last week, Ferndale City Clerk Cherilynn Tallman said most seem to understand why the reduction in precincts was necessary. “I've heard that a lot of the precinct …
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11:53 am on Tuesday, November 13, 2012
I am appreciative of election workers, especially the seniors citizens who are the majority doing the job. While there is always room for improvement, the long lines were due to a ballot heavy on state and local proposals plus many undecided voters who were not prepared on how to cast their votes. Therefore, having ten or twenty voter privacy boxes does not guarantee a faster outcome as one might… more ›