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October 26, 2005
Houston Votes, Right?
Did anyone know there's an election going on in Houston right now? That's right, today you can visit a number of sites around town and cast your ballot for Mayor, City Council, and some State Constitutional amendments. In fact, you can do so until Friday, November 4th. And after that, there's Election Day on Tuesday November 8th!
OK, so even if you knew, you didn't care, right? Preliminary voting numbers certainly bear that out. Instead of the flood of voters we politically wretched wish would pour into polling places to excercise their democratic right, so far its been barely a trickle.
Astros baseball has certainly been a large (and welcome) distraction. Alas, hope seems to be fading there.
Afterward, Houstonians will civically snap to, right? Doubt it. The trouble (if one can call it that) is there's just no Mayor's race. 4 out of 5 Houstonians approve of Bill White's job performance (Houtopia certainly among them), and he faces no serious opposition. The Mayor's race drives the character and intensity of the election. Hence, no intensity this time around. Even a highly divisive marriage amendment seems a foregone conclusion.
So, we wretched face the prospect of a long two weeks until Election Day. No Astros to distract us, or to explain our fellow citizens' lack of interest in our obsession. Here's hoping for a Game Seven.
P.S. Election Day will come on November 8th, and we will elect a Mayor and City Council. See our recommendations here, here, and here. They're shared by Houston Police Officers, Houston Firefighters, and the Houston Chronicle.
Posted by houtopia at October 26, 2005 09:58 AM