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Let's Keep Track of What Happened
Submitted by Marc Stier on Wed, 05/16/2007 - 1:32pm.
I just woke up a little while ago...and I'm going to get working on a message of thanks to all of you worked so hard and / or voted for me. (Brief preview: I disappoined with the results but think my campaign will have some inpact in the future. And I had an absolutely wonderful time during the campaign and learned an enormous amount about how Philly politics works and does not work.)
But I just thought of something I wanted to post first.
One of the weird things about Philadlephia politics is that it is so decentralized that it is sometimes hard to know what happened on the ground.
So, here is my request: Would everyone who worked at a polling place please write a brief report about what they saw there. Who had field people out? How many? How active were they? What ballots were they handing out and who was on them?
Either post here or send me an email to MarcStier@stier.net and I will compile a paper on the results intermixing these reports with the outcome in each division and demographic informaiton about each division.
Be sure to include your ward / division numbers.
Marc
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In the early morning, I was
In the early morning, I was working at the 9-2 and 9-3. The committee people in that division were handing out their personal ballots. I think that they might have been different than the ones that were “official”. You may have been on them, cause it looks like one of the Committee people there had your lapel sticker on. There were neighborhood networks people there, and they were pushing you and the “reform” ballot. Irv, Greg, Bill Green, Juan Ramous, and Greg Coleman had those polling places pretty well staffed, especially in the rush hour periods.
I spent most of my day in 9-1, where there were 3 Committee people supporting the official slate. During the morning rush, there were people for Irv, and there was a guy from NN who passed out Stier lit who was there in the morning and evening rush.
I met a fair number of candidates yesterday. I met Wilson Goode Sr., and his wife. I also saw Marc Stier, Ellen Green-Ceisler, and Andy Toy.
I was out with Vote for Homes! all day
driving people to the polls. this was mostly in southwest philly and north philly. most of the folks were voting for knox b/c of the ads against nutter's stop and frisk policy.
i'd like to know what happened here as well in terms of why progressives didn't make a better showing.
I took pretty decent notes
I took pretty decent notes and observations. I will compile and email them off to you after I recover from boozing it up at the South Philly Taproom last night after elections. :p
Marc, I heard that you were cut from the 21st Ward ballot
Marc,
I was roving around the 4th district, following the McClure race, and had heard that you were on the 21st ward ballot in the morning, but were not on the ballots in the afternoon. Ramos was. I was not in the 21st in the afternoon, so I couldn't confirm. Is there truth to that? I assumed from Lou's ad in the Roxborough Review that you would be on all the ballots, all the time.
Marc and the 21st
You are absolutely, 100%, totally wrong. Marc was on every ballot in the Ward. He was highlighted in half of them all day from 7:00 am to 8:00 pm. Ramos was highlighted in the other half of the Ward. You should look closely at the ballot before you make statements like this. Once again you guys make it so hard to help.
Lou, take it easy
Lou, chill out, bro. I didn't "make statements". Marc started a thread asking everyone to keep track of what happened. On that note, I asked a question about something I had heard regarding his placement on the 21st ward ballot. Thanks for clarifying, but again, leave out the lecture. Can you explain to me why one candidate on your ballot would be "highlighted" in half the ward, and another candidate highlighted in the other? Please don't read into the question. The races are over. I'm just curious.
Highlighting names
In order to get your ticket in, you want to highlight the candidates you want to do well. In my ward our top priorities were Kenney and Greenlee. We red circled them in every division (we also red circled Campbell, Brady and Dubow in all divisions). We then red circled Juan Ramos in half with Kenney and Greenlee and Marc Stier in the other half with Kenney and Greenlee. The idea was to get Kenney Greenlee 1 and 2 and Marc and Juan three and four, not necessarily in that order. This helps you get your candidates all in the top five. if you highlight too many you may as well not highlight any. Some wards do one candidate some do none and some do several.
Marc was on all ballots, as were everyone I supported. The only difference was Marc was highlighted in half and in blue on the other.
I am sorry if I got testy, but I take very seriously my commitments to candidates. When I give my word I keep it. I was approached by several candidates to switch allegiances. My response was, I will see lots of elections, but I only have one reputation.
This is a question on
This is a question on procedure.
You said you were approached by candidates to switch allegiance. Does that mean you choose who is on the ward ballot? I had assumed committee people voted up the support.
Lou Agre Helped Me A Great Deal
I'll give more details when I write more about the campaign. But Lou really helped a great deal.
It is very tough breaking into the ward system and for reasons I'll explain at some point it is almost impossible to win without ward support.
It took me a long time to figure out how to get support from ward leaders. And I obviously didn't get what I needed or hoped for. Had I known at the beginning of the campaign what I know now--and had the relatinonships then that I have now--things would have been different.
But I would not have gotten anywhere without Lou's advice and help.
Ward 66/Div. 21
I was at the Settlement Music School (Knights and Clarenden Rd.). This location was also used for Ward 66/Div. 19
Turnout was good, there were no problems, these totals are for 66/21:
Republican: 95 or 26%
Democrat: 210 or 43%
Absentee/provisional: 8
Total turnout: 313 or 37%
Those giving out flyers at each location 66/21 and 19:
2: Republican committeepeople
2: Democratic Committeepeople
1: Tom Knox volunteer
1: volunteer handing out a Brady flyer titled: Fraternal Order Of Police, Michael G. Lutz Lodge 5 Philadelphia...vote for our endorsed candidates
4: union volunteers canvassing the neighborhood with a list from the Democratic committeeperson.
Those visiting the workers and volunteers:
David Oh
Jack Kelly
Joe Duda
Shawn Dillon
Note: Volunteers from the Committee of Seventy stopped to survey the polling site.