We wanted to make sure you saw Ted's update about the election results below:
John, as of today about 1/3 of the 100,000+ DeKalb absentee ballots have been counted. We hope to have the final results next week and will keep you updated as we receive more numbers.
Thank you to everyone who voted by mail - you not only helped make sure there weren't even longer lines on Election Day, but you helped our campaign close the percentage gap! Thank you.
While we continue to wait on DeKalb to finish the vote tallies, it seems like a good time to talk about election reform and ways we can expand voting rights in our county.
We must add democracy reform to the legislative priorities of DeKalb County, including:
– Election Day as a county-wide holiday
– End Voter Purges
– Publicly financed elections
This long history of state-sponsored disenfranchisement has to stop, and we can start right here in DeKalb.
- Ted