Cedar Rapids Weather
Flood Causes Some Voting ConfusionBy Claire Kellett, Anchor/Reporter
CEDAR RAPIDS - Some flood victims had no problem at the polls. Others didn't know where to go.
Harrison Elementary School in northwest Cedar Rapids on the outskirts of the Time Check neighborhood is in an area hit hard by the flood. Despite that poll workers tell TV9 the numbers are actually up a little from last year. And although they can't give the actual numbers, they say they are surprised by the number of flood victims who have showed up to vote. Every situation seems to be different for flood victims voting here. Some were flooded out of their neighborhoods and have returned. Others have yet to move back, but still came back here to vote. And finally I talked with some people who recently moved to the area after being flooded out of another neighborhood. Linn County Auditor Joel Miller told me it's hard to predict how the flood will affect voter turnout, because so many people either voted early or absentee. And another reason is how every voter who was a flood victim prepared for the election. "It was actually very easy, I went to Westdale Mall told them I was in the flood, changed my registry, they sent the registration in the mail, it was easy," said Darcelle Fisher, voter. "I went this morning to vote and I went to the wrong place, but then they checked for me and said I had to be back here, but because of the flood I had to be back at the other one," said Shelly Pinter, voter. More Good Stuff |
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