Primary election turnout

If my arithmetic is correct, the percentage of people to vote in yesterday's Primary Election hovered at 12%. This turn out was a reduction of over 11% of the total voters since the last gubernatorial primary election in 2002 for Hernando County. This turnout is about one third the amount Annie Williams wished for last week. This gloomy reflection on our primary only underscores the need for changes in electoral process in this county, and across the state of Florida. Somehow I really thought it was the supervisor of elections office to educate the public on upcoming elections but public service announcements by the SOE's office during the past few election cycles has been minimal to attract voters. Just remember that the 12% of the registered voters who voted yesterday in Hernando County chose the candidates that will be on the General Election ballot. Busy lives, lack of information, voter apathy, whatever you call it, it is a grim reflection on our basic fundamental rights and responsibilities as citizens. Please get involved, informed, and energize to vote in the General Election on November 7th.

Updated Information as of 7 a.m. / 09-07-06: The turn out for the Primary Election was actually 21% according to this morning's newspaper. This "21% turnout" was still a very poor representation of our registered voters in Hernando County. This updated figure of 21% is still 3% lower than the 2002 election. The incorrect percentages used in my post (above) were a direct reflection of the information pulled from Annie Williams website at 9:15 p.m. /09-06-06. The citizens of Hernando County will be far better served by having correct information on the Supervisor of Elections website than incorrect, incomplete election results.