With today being the last day to register to vote in the Nov. 2 election, we thought it might be interesting to revisit and extend last week’s poll question which was “What Ward do you live in?”
According to the poll results so far, 39% of you either don’t know which ward you live in or don’t even know what a ward is.
If you fall into that category, it’s OK. Not knowing your ward is nothing to be ashamed of. I mean, there aren’t any signs posted around town to help you out.
You should, however, consider using the handy map we made to find out which ward you’re in. It’s useful information, particularly when trying to figure out who you’re going to vote for in the City Council elections. After all, you can only vote for whoever’s running in your ward.
For those of you who already answered, and do know your ward, it appears as though most of you are in Ward 2. Second place currently goes to Ward 4 which is nice because that’s the only other ward with a contested City Council seat this year.
Ward 2 residents will choose between Adam Fire Cat and Mark Kinion. The Ward 4 seat will go to either Rhonda Adams or Jeff Dickey.
For those of you in Ward 1, you’re going to have at least another four years with Adella Gray in the Position 1 seat as nobody filed to run against her. In Ward 3, you’re going to have Justin Tennant on board since Kyle Cook Robert Rhoads is leaving and nobody filed to run against Justin.
If you haven’t yet voted, go ahead and do so if you don’t mind. We’re curious people here, y’know?
I have got to disagree with you- not knowing which ward one lives in is indeed something to be ashamed of. It means that one is out of touch with what is happening within their own community. It means that either you haven’t registered to vote in the city or have ignored the notice that received when you did register showing your ward, what precinct you are and where to vote.
I hope the 57 “What is a ward” votes were mostly in jest. It is amazing how many people can go on at length about national politics or celeb gossip but don’t know the basics of what affects their own neighborhood and city. What is really scary is that Fayetteville residents probably have greater political awareness than most places in the country and the poll still makes the city look uniformed
Justin Tennant will, indeed, be the new Alderman from Ward 3, but he will be replacing Robert Rhoads. Kyle Cook is the lame duck in Ward 2.
@Daniel – Although I do find it frustrating that so many people don’t know about basic things like wards, I still can’t agree that those folks should be ashamed of themselves. The question, “What ward do you live in?” was what first got my attention. Hopefully it’ll do the same for someone else.
@Mr. Dooley – Thanks. I’m surprised nobody caught that mistake before now. Psyche.
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@Todd- I shouldn’t get on my soapbox for too long- when I was a student I had no idea of Fayetteville politics and even now I have to look up what state districts I am in. We could all be more informed.
Gearing up to vote, this was handy!