MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Not one voter cast a ballot in one Minneapolis precinct on Election Day. That's because the only living species in Ward 10, Precinct 3B, is of the aquatic variety.
A newly redistricted precinct map shows 3B is located entirely in the eastern half of Lake Calhoun — the biggest lake in Minneapolis. City Clerk Casey Carl says the watery precinct is the "unintentional result of a programming error" made in drawing new ward boundary lines.
Charter Commission chairman Barry Clegg tells the Star Tribune (http://tinyurl.com/bhtca7n ) that the mapping software couldn't draw a line around the edge of the lake without putting a census block in the wrong ward. Clegg says it was supposed to be cleaned up for the final map, but never was.
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Information from: Star Tribune, http://www.startribune.com
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.
Comments (1)
Add commentThats OK , all those " City Folks" who "Turned Out in Massive #s
To Vote , according to Eddie Munster (R) WI , didnt do much to support the Republicon nightmare anyways.
I wonder how Eddie explains why his own home town didnt support his " vision for Medicare" ?