In a message dated 11/5/2002 8:50:08 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Mr Mann is correct. For the first time in Youth Vote history, the young > people involved in Youth Vote wanted to announce the results before the > election. Unfortunately, the tragic death of Sen. Wellstone caused some > confusion at the schools, delaying the Youth Vote. Some schools voted > yesterday and some are voting today---hence, we do not have all the results. > Wellstone's death had absolutely nothing to do with it. The voting was originally scheduled to happen October 23-25. News of Wellstone's death broke in the afternoon of October 25. The vote was held at some schools between October 23-25, and may have been put off at other schools because of a delay in printing and /or shipping the youth voters guides and ballots. Election materials were supposed to reach the schools by October 22 but were not delivered at some schools until sometime between October 23-25. The decision to delay the announcement of the mock election results until after the polls are closed on November 5 was definitely made sometime during the week of October 28 to November 1, presumably after many schools had reported vote totals to the Youth Coordinating Board Office. That's why one might jump to the conclusion that the decision to delay the announcement of returns for races other the US Senate may serve the interests of DFL candidates, especially in the school board race. The YCB response to the comment and inquiries posted to the mpls issue list about the Youth Vote 2002 mock elections are inaccurate, incomplete and misleading. Those responses certainly call into question the propriety of the decision to delay the announcement of the results. -Doug Mann Minneapolis School Board Candidate http://educationright.tripod.com _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@;mnforum.org Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
