They Got Out and Voted: Southland Voters Sound Off on the Prez and Congress
Turnout for Tuesday's primary was low. Patch editors caught up with poll-goers adamant about exercising their right to step into the ballot boxes. What brought them to the polls?
Although turnout seemed low throughout the area, many south suburban residents cast ballots because of races for the GOP presidential nomination and congressional districts that were redrawn last year. For some voters, their selection in the Republican presidential primary was a matter of finding "the least of all evils." Stephen Buretz, of Frankfort, said that man was Rick Santorum. "I don't know," Buretz said. "He was the best of the worst. I wasn't decided until I stepped up there." Tinley Park election judge Barbara Lavey said she thinks the primary's turnout was hampered by voters having to declare their candidacy. She also said she believed that many democrats didn't feel they had to show up at the ballot box. "It's annoying, but it'…
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11:00 am on Wednesday, March 21, 2012
"I've been a Democrat all my life," the 89-year-old said. "Mayor (Richard) Daley once told me that if you're a working man, you have to vote Democratic." I would think he's old enough to think for himself for crying out loud. more ›