Thursday, June 14, 2012
George Allen wins Republican Senate Primary despite a low voter turnout in Manassas and across Virginia.
Former Virginia Governor and U.S. Senate Candidate George Allen won support from just over 50 percent of voters in the City of Manassas and Prince William County during Tuesday's Republican Primary. Allen, who beat out Republican candidates Bob Marshall, Jamie Radtke and E.W. Jackson, received 65 percent of the total Virginia vote in the GOP Primary; Radtke came in second with 23 percent, Marshall had 7 percent and Jackson had 5 percent. The win came despite a low voter turnout in Manassas and across Virginia: fewer than 5.1 percent of active voters statewide cast ballots on Tuesday. In Manassas City, the average was about 5.5 percent. There was no Democratic primary held in Manassas City or Prince William County. By the numbers for …
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Jennie Dean Precinct Chief Susan Reed said just 70 of the 5,089 registered voters had shown up by 10:30 a.m. Tuesday.
Voter turnout in today's GOP primary election for the vacated Virginia United States Senate seat has been low and it's not expected to get much better. At least nothing like precinct chiefs are expecting in November. Jennie Dean Precinct Chief Susan Reed said just 70 of the 5089 registered voters had shown up by 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the city's largest precinct. But the rain and busyness of the end of the school year did not keep Del. Jackson Miller (R-Manassas) away from the polls. He showed up at Jennie Dean school to cast his vote mid-morning Tuesday. Reed said the electronic voting machines and poll books make life easier for poll workers, and Deputy Registrar with the City of Manassas Ann Marie Bausch said there'd been no issues …
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Polling locations in the predominately Republican City of Manassas were decidedly quiet Tuesday morning.
Polling locations in the predominately Republican City of Manassas were decidedly quiet this morning, as few voters turned out to cast their ballots in the presidential primary election. Julie Maddalena, who's lived in Manassas for three years, said she was surprised when she arrived to Metz Middle School around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday to cast her vote. "I was expecting more people," said Maddalena, who started out leaning towards Paul, but decided to vote for Romney because "Paul doesn't stand a chance." Elections Chief for the Metz Precinct Meade Kendrick said the location which as 3,919 registered voters saw about a dozen voters an hour from the time the polls opened at 6 a.m. until about 10:30 a.m. Some are attributing the low voter …
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Most of the polling places in Manassas are reporting a steady voter turnout, especially for an off election year.
Most of the polling places in Manassas are reporting a steady voter turnout, especially for an off election year. "It has certainly been steady; not heavy, but steady," said Manassas Republican Committee Operation Chair Sharon Ashurst. The Jennie Dean Elementary School precinct reported 250 voters by 8:30 a.m. Tuesday. And by 11 a.m., Baldwin Elementary and Weems Elementary locations had tallied at least 300. The turnout is good considering it is an off election year. Baldwin Elementary poll workers said it might be the largest [or second largest] turnout the location has seen in an off election year. "It's been busy," said Bob Colgan, who was passing out vote recommendations literature at the Baldwin Elementary School polling locations …
Erin Gibson
10:40 am on Wednesday, March 7, 2012
We are talking about registered voters here. Do you still think this is the reason, or could it be that people just don't vote, or their candidate (Santorum, Gingrich) was not on the ballot? more ›