You Be The Voter-Day 3

Well,
Welcome to the third day of voting. Welcome Newburyport Blog readers and welcome back Newburport posts readers who haven't checked in since Friday. It's been a busy weekend.

First off, the ground rules. The ballot runs along the right side featuring every contested race. You may choose one candidate for each two-person race. As for Councillor-At-Large and School Committee, there's no limit on the number of candidates you can support. You could vote for one of each if you'd like, but what's the point in that? (In real life you'll be voting for five At-Large candidates and three school committee members.)

Also, you can change your votes once they've been cast. A nifty feature that would be useful in real life, alas...

Polls close at 8 p.m. tomorrow, the same time the actual polls close. As stated in the previous post, voting here does not relieve you of your civic duty to vote tomorrow. It really does matter, especially at the local level.

This weekend has been wild. Mary Eaton (your Newburyport blogger) and I have been emailing a bit, and we're happy to see the interest. Perhaps things will pick up even more today and tomorrow as people set down at the work desks and start surfing the Internet for interesting things to read. (Yeah, we all do it. It warms up the brain.)

So, if you haven't already, cast your vote. If you have but know someone who hasn't email them the link or pick up the phone.

If you need a refresher on where the candidates stand ideologically check out Mary's blog here and here.

If you want to dig deeper (well bless you) the Daily News has profiles Mayoral Candidates James Stiles and John Moak. You can also find the profiles for the At-Large Candidates buried in these headlines. I'm sure the school committee profiles are in there as well. Unfortunately, the News' Election Connection isn't offering links to candidate profiles, just their names. Too bad, seemed like a good idea.

We'll offer a post game wrap up here on Wednesday. Meanwhile, at the Newburyport Blog, Mary intends to post the results of the election on her Web site as soon as she can pry them out of the City Clerk's office. So make sure you check it out tomorrow night.

Finally, if you need information on where to vote, what the hours are, and an official list of candidates go directly to the City Clerk's office. Or call 978-465-4407.