Write-in votes: a way to have a good laugh in the privacy of a polling booth, express disapproval for all the candidates, or simply demonstrate your inability to fill out a ballot.
Linn County Auditor Joel Miller has posted handwritten lists of the write-in candidates for Linn County Sheriff (Gardner defeats Zahn) and Linn County Auditor [...]
Archive for November, 2008
Voters’ comic outlet: the write-in
Posted in County Government, tagged auditor, Linn County, Sheriff, write-ins on November 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Dropping it like it’s hot, Miell’s on the run
Posted in Other, Uncategorized, tagged Bob Miell, Cedar Rapids on November 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Bob Miell is trying to sell off 300 buildings for $42 million. Here’s the story.
We knew the guy was in trouble, but this sort of confirms the seriousness of it.
Staed/Schulte recount minutia
Posted in County Government, tagged Joel Miller on November 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Auditor Joel Miller is documenting the process on his blog here. It’s byzantine, but seems to make sense.
Linn building survey
Posted in Uncategorized on November 18, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Here’s the survey the Board of Supervisors have commissioned to find out where the public wants county buildings to be in the post-flood (postdiluvian, as Doug Elliott might say) era. Phone calls will start going out Wednesday: linn-county-facilities-survey-final2
Westdale election extravaganza
Posted in County Government, tagged election, Joel Miller, Linn on November 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Election results for Linn County will be posted on a big screen at Westdale Mall’s center court Tuesday night.
Absentee results will go up at 9:05 p.m., and the rest of the precincts will follow.
“In a perfect world, everything will be done by 9:30 p.m.,” Auditor Joel Miller said.
In this world, with all its imperfections, [...]
