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Is Fairport School Superintendent Good At Math?
DIR By: Michael Caswell
Date: March 26, 2020, 2:49 am
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Here is a tweet
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68% approval?
Here is the superintendent's math reasoning.
Residents in the Fairport Central School District approved the
Fairport Forward capital improvement project, Tuesday, Dec. 10.
The results from the capital project vote are as follows:
Proposition #1 (Capital Project) – Approved
YES — 2069
NO — 963
Proposition #2 (Capital Building Reserve Fund) – Approved
YES — 2182
NO — 849
Dear Fairport Community,
Today, residents supported the Fairport Forward Capital
Improvement Project vote with a 68% approval.
BUT THERE IS A MAJOR FLAW IN HIS EQUATION.
WHAT ABOUT THE 40,000 PEOPLE WHO WERE REGISTERED VOTERS WHO
DIDN'T VOTE? Likely because the event was poorly advertised?
Conveniently forgotten eh?
2000/40,000 = 5%
The truth is 5% voted for this project
I'd say a result like that needs some scrutiny. I'd say it needs
to be rerun, but this time with ONLINE VOTING and adequate
advertising.
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Re: Is Fairport School Superintendent Good At Math?
DIR By: Michael Caswell
Date: March 26, 2020, 11:31 am
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We have been working on voter turnout in southern states since
2016; there have been polling place closures, conversion to
voting centers and many other challenges to voting. November
2020 is months away and many Americans still struggle with
access to the ballot box. Multiple roadblocks can impede access:
long lines, limited polling place hours, difficulties getting
time off from work, electronic machines that are vulnerable to
hacking, inconvenient polling locations, transportation
challenges, and voter suppression and intimidation -- the
challenges to casting ballots are real.
And now we are facing a global pandemic. When states require
in-person voting, COVID-2019, or coronavirus, demonstrates
another way things can go wrong. On Super Tuesday, many states
took precautions to assure the safety of voters visiting the
polls. Some voters, however, were still afraid of the threat and
stayed home. There are even examples of election staff not
showing up out of fear of contracting coronavirus COVIDi-2019.
Sign the petition to all state governments: Make voluntary Vote
by Mail accessible for all!
Large gatherings of people present an imminent health threat.
Health experts say that voting in person could risk further
spread of disease. Unless we implement an enormous expansion of
voting-by-mail nationwide, millions of Democrats might be too
afraid to vote in the general election.
Vote by Mail can ease all of these stressors. Voting by mail
breaks down barriers to voting for seniors, working families,
disabled Americans, and young voters. It can even allow voters
to avoid bad weather, and offer them a way to vote without fear
of contracting coronavirus COVID-2019.
Additionally, Vote by Mail has been proven to encourage greater
participation in our democracy. States that have enacted Vote by
Mail have seen a 15 percent higher median turnout than
polling-place-centric states during the 2018 primary.
Sen. Ron Wyden is introducing a bill to make that happen if
coronavirus is causing disruptions into November or in other
cases of pandemic or natural disaster.
We must, however, urge that all states adopt this measure, even
without a push from Congress.
Several states have already successfully enacted Vote by Mail
including Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Utah, California, and
Hawaii -- and these states are seeing a higher voter turnout as
a result.
Sign the petition to all state governments: Make voluntary Vote
by Mail accessible for all!
Vote by Mail gives people the time and safety to vote from the
convenience of their own home, saves taxpayers money on election
administration and are unhackable as the paper ballots can be
recounted and audited by hand.
In solidarity,
Andrea Miller
Executive Director
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Re: Is Fairport School Superintendent Good At Math?
DIR By: Michael Caswell
Date: March 26, 2020, 2:22 pm
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