Monday, January 21, 2013
Are you attending the inauguration on Jan. 21? Upload your photos or videos and share the experience with your neighbors.
Hundreds of thousands of people will head towards the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 21 to witness President Barack Obama take the oath of office for his second term. On Jan. 20, 2009, Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States. The theme for his first inauguration was “A New Birth of Freedom.” The ceremony honored the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth. This year, the theme is “Faith in America's Future,” honoring the installation of the Statue of Freedom on the Capitol Dome 150 years ago in 1863. This year's inauguration will also commemorate Martin Luther King Jr., as Jan. 21 is also Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The president will honor King by taking the oath of office for his second term with his hand …
Friday, November 9, 2012
Data suggest the North Druid Hills-Briarcliff area is solidly Obamaland.
Curious as to how your community voted in Tuesday's presidential election? Patch has put together and searchable database that allows you to check by voting precinct and ZIP. What you're likely to find is that the North Druid Hills-Briarcliff area is pretty solidly supportive of President Barack Obama, though it's close in some areas. (The Lakeside High School precinct slightly favored Mitt Romney, for instance.) The primary ZIPs in this site's coverage area are 30033, 30329 and 30345, but you can search anything you want in DeKalb County. I was out at Clairmont Presbyterian Church in the early afternoon on Election Day and spoke with a number of voters there. You can look at the photos to see what they thought. Do the results surprise you…
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
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A total of 161,095 people cast early votes for the 2012 election, compared to 173,064 in 2008. The reason: the early voting period was longer in 2008.
There was a big rush of early voting last Friday, but overall fewer DeKalb County voters cast early ballots in this presidential election compared to 2008. Here are the numbers from the DeKalb Office of Voters Registration and Elections website. Early votes include mail-in votes and ballots cast in person. Patch asked DeKalb Elections Director Mary France Weeks why the numbers changed. This is her emailed response. Actually, the daily numbers were higher this year. In 2008, early voting lasted 45 days – in 2012 it was reduced to 21 days. In 2008, we only had one early voting site for the full 45 day period – our main office on Memorial Drive. In 2012, we had two areas in our main office, plus two additional satellite sites for the full…
Monday, November 5, 2012
Tuesday's ballot includes a Georgia constitutional amendment to re-establish a state commission to approve charter schools. Your job is to decide if that's a good idea.
There aren't a lot of statewide issues on the ballot Nov. 6, but one has the potential to affect school districts, parents and children throughout Georgia. It's Amendment 1, and the ballot will say it "Provides for improving student achievement and parental involvement through more public charter school options." The question voters will answer yes or no to is, "Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended to allow state or local approval of public charter schools upon the request of local communities?" So what does a yes vote mean? If the amendment passes, the state will create a commission that can approve charter schools in local communities, even if local school boards oppose them. Supporters of the amendment believe this is necessary …
Friday, November 2, 2012
DeKalb voters who want to cast early ballots have until 7 p.m. Friday.
More than 125,000 people voted early in DeKalb County as of Wednesday evening. You can still vote early Friday, Nov. 2. Remember to bring your photo ID. DeKalb County residents, Monday-Friday 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.: Here's a tally of the votes so far: DeKalb County * No. of votes cast through 10/31 Memorial Drive AAP 13,798 40,730 Comm. Achieve. Ctr. 22,278 Tucker Rec. 20,046 Total Number of Voters 125,736* * Nov. 1 figures were not available as of 11 p.m. Thursday. Please click on the PDFs attached to this article to see what's on the ballots in DeKalb and Fulton counties. Did you vote early? Do you plan to? Tell us why in the comments area below this article.
Monday, October 8, 2012
If you have a question for the candidates, submit it in the comments section below and it could be asked during the televised Oct. 16 Town Hall Presidential Debate.
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Monday, October 8, 2012
Hey, North Druid Hills-Briarcliff residents, if last Wednesday’s presidential debate left you with more questions than answers, here’s your chance for the presidential candidates to address the issues that most matter to you. The next presidential debate will be a town hall meeting format at Hofstra University on Long Island, where voters will ask President Obama and Mitt Romney about domestic and foreign policy. Patch is asking you, our readers, to participate by submitting questions for the candidates. All you have to do is post your question in the comments section below and we’ll send it to the Commission on Presidential Debates. The commission is partnering with Patch's parent company AOL along with Google and Yahoo!, to take …
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Patch polled elected officials and activists in both parties to find out how they felt about their recent conventions. Both sides felt their own party got a boost, but Democrats expressed stronger feelings about the momentum they say Obama got.
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Thursday, September 13, 2012
Patch tapped our panels of influential Democrats and Republicans for twin polls, which were conducted this week. The results are unscientific. Democrats and Republicans were polled separately, with people from each party asked to focus on their own presidential candidate's performance and their own party's convention. Patch received responses from 31 Democrats and 56 Republicans. Do you have a suggestion for future polls of influential Republicans and Democrats? Tell us in the comments area below this article.
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
What's your opinion of Paul Ryan?
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Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Emory University's Merle Black, a national political expert, and Alan Abramowitz, an election forecasting expert, discuss the pros and cons of Mitt Romney's choice of Paul Ryan as his vice presidential running mate.
Friday, August 3, 2012
House Democrats are calling for a renewed effort after T-SPLOST failed to pass.
Georgians have voted down the TSPLOST referendum, which, had it passed, would have allocated a one percent sales tax increase over a 10-year span across 12 regions. Democratic Rep. Scott Holcomb told Patch after the vote: "I was not surprised by the vote. The leaders in this state have created a climate in which Georgians have little faith that government can do what it needs to do," he said. "I hope this vote does not hurt our state long-term economically." Voters who opposed the referendum were concerned the project was a negative return on investment, while those in districts outside Atlanta felt their tax dollars would be wasted. House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams wants her fellow legislators to tackle transportation again. “Georgia …
Jonathan Cribbs
11:49 pm on Saturday, November 10, 2012
I'll try to put something together on the charter amendment next week, Mark. And our editor got the presidential election results together. I'm not sure if they're up online yet, but I'll ask her where she got them. They may be up on Georgia's elections site already. more ›