Comments on: Hartford Board of Education Election Results http://urbancompass.net/?p=2484 Searching the soul of the city Fri, 10 Sep 2010 02:07:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: willie nunez http://urbancompass.net/?p=2484&cpage=1#comment-29993 willie nunez Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:35:11 +0000 http://urbancompass.net/?p=2484#comment-29993 very few wanted to vote democratic in whihc a crroked Mayor leads the party. very few wanted to vote democratic in whihc a crroked Mayor leads the party.

]]> By: Brendan http://urbancompass.net/?p=2484&cpage=1#comment-29817 Brendan Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:49:09 +0000 http://urbancompass.net/?p=2484#comment-29817 The voter list should be pretty accurate because the Registrars' office just finished with their canvass over the summer. What's depressing about the results of the canvass is that the number of voters (I think active ones) dropped from around 51 thousand to around 46 thousand from 2008 to 2009. That 7 percent figure is based off of registered voters, not persons who are eligible to vote. I don't think it's known what that number is. What is the solution to convince people to participate in a Board of Education election? It's not as glamorous as a presidential and there's no certainly not as much money spent to encourage you to vote. It was also the only election that day, nothing else like in other towns. If there are 20,000 students in Hartford Public Schools, there must be at least 20,000 parents, but even if all 3,500 voters were parents (I know that's not even remotely true), that's still like 18% and low turn out. One would think a board that manages around $275 million dollars and is the most involved in the day to day activities of the most City residents would be more compelling. Is there any place that has seen a positive trend in civic engagement/voter turn out? The voter list should be pretty accurate because the Registrars’ office just finished with their canvass over the summer. What’s depressing about the results of the canvass is that the number of voters (I think active ones) dropped from around 51 thousand to around 46 thousand from 2008 to 2009. That 7 percent figure is based off of registered voters, not persons who are eligible to vote. I don’t think it’s known what that number is.

What is the solution to convince people to participate in a Board of Education election? It’s not as glamorous as a presidential and there’s no certainly not as much money spent to encourage you to vote. It was also the only election that day, nothing else like in other towns. If there are 20,000 students in Hartford Public Schools, there must be at least 20,000 parents, but even if all 3,500 voters were parents (I know that’s not even remotely true), that’s still like 18% and low turn out. One would think a board that manages around $275 million dollars and is the most involved in the day to day activities of the most City residents would be more compelling. Is there any place that has seen a positive trend in civic engagement/voter turn out?

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