OpinionOctober 27, 2003
To the editor: I just received a postcard in mail saying that I now have to vote in Burfordville for the special tax issue that the Jackson School District has on the Nov. 4 ballot. I wonder how many of 54 Whitewater precinct voters will vote now. I was told that the county clerk did this to save taxpayer money, but I believe it was to make it harder so we would not vote on this issue...

To the editor:

I just received a postcard in mail saying that I now have to vote in Burfordville for the special tax issue that the Jackson School District has on the Nov. 4 ballot. I wonder how many of 54 Whitewater precinct voters will vote now. I was told that the county clerk did this to save taxpayer money, but I believe it was to make it harder so we would not vote on this issue.

In all my years of voting I have never had to vote at another precinct. If it was to save money, maybe the county clerk could have just sent out the ballots to all of us.

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I was also told that four other precincts will have to vote at different locations for this tax issue. It makes you wonder why.

DAVID WEHNER

Whitewater

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