Voter Registration Jumps by 30 Percent in Ferguson After Michael Brown Shooting

Reuters

Politics • October 2014 • Views: 1,695

Nearly 3,300 Ferguson residents registered to vote between Aug. 9 and Sept. 30, in time for the Nov. 4 election, said Rita Days, director at elections at the St. Louis County Board of Elections.

That is about two-thirds of the total new voter registrations in the county of one million people during that period, she said. Ferguson has about 21,000 residents.

This is a great start but it won’t mean anything unless they get out and vote in the next election.

And the election after that.

And the election after that…

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lostlakehiker Oct 2, 2014 11:33:28pm

Absolutely. It does no good at all to be in the majority if you punt on voting. Ferguson voters have the power to comprehensively repopulate their city government with players more sympathetic to the majority-minority townspeople.

This has to be done with care…many a city has found to its sorrow that scoundrels come in all colors. So it may not be possible to clean house entirely [and] stand up a government that takes care of business and is careful with the peoples’ money, all in one go.

Lumberhead Oct 3, 2014 3:55:18am

re: #1 lostlakehiker

Absolutely. It does no good at all to be in the majority if you punt on voting. Ferguson voters have the power to comprehensively repopulate their city government with players more sympathetic to the majority-minority townspeople.

This has to be done with care…many a city has found to its sorrow that scoundrels come in all colors. So it may not be possible to clean house entirely [and] stand up a government that takes care of business and is careful with the peoples’ money, all in one go.

They currently don’t have a local government that takes care of business and is careful with the peoples’ money. While it may not be possible to clean house entirely and accomplish that, it certainly is possible. There is no reason to believe that it will be hard to find others in the community that will do a much better job.

lostlakehiker Oct 3, 2014 1:35:23pm

re: #2 Lumberhead

They currently don’t have a local government that takes care of business and is careful with the peoples’ money. While it may not be possible to clean house entirely and accomplish that, it certainly is possible. There is no reason to believe that it will be hard to find others in the community that will do a much better job.

I’m sure they’re out there. But all I’m saying is, vet the candidates. Do the homework.

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