Pickerington Area Taxpayers Alliance

Here's from a recent Times-Sun article:

Complicating that, Olshefski said, was that a good number of people weren't notified that their polling locations had changed.
The most conspicuous incident occurred at Holy Redeemer Church near the intersection of state routes 204 and 256.
Olshefski said she heard numerous incidents where voters said they did not receive the postcard from the Board of Elections telling them of their new polling location and they found closed doors at the church, which previously housed six precincts.
''I was really concerned about a church with its doors locked and no one there to answer,'' Olshefski said.

Here's the link - http://www.snponline.com/Bonus_Text/ELEC5-9/5-9_PKissue3.html

If you're going to make those kinds of accusations, Cathy, you'd better be able to back them up. You can't base them on hearsay.

Can you prove the Board of Elections didn't send out the postcards? Did you ask the Board of Elections if they could produce the receipt for the postage on those postcards? Did you even get that far, or just speak to the reporter while full of emotion?

What do we teach our kids when the adults behave this way?

How many parents reading this have heard from their child, ''But the teacher never gave me the assignment! They're out to get me! It's not fair!''

Sounds like Cathy Olshefski is trying to blame the failure of the levy committee on the Board of Elections.

I know if I showed up at the polls and discovered nobody there that I'd be on the phone to the Board of Elections finding out where I needed to vote. I wouldn't just give up. And I wouldn't say I didn't receive a postcard.

Of course, I pay careful attention to any official government mail I receive.

One last thing, Cathy - you need to be careful of burning bridges when you're in a high-profile position. When you make an accusation like that publicly, you may find that accused people aren't so willing to bend over backwards to help you in the future.


By Picktown Pundit

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I heard (and no, I'm not Cathy) that some did not receive their post cards and the ones that did, may not have paid attention because the cards didn't indicate that their purpose was to notify the recipient of a change in polling place. That is, it merely listed the polling place and may have been ignored. Nonetheless, your response that those that found the church locked should have called the board of elections is a fine one. However, I also understand that the sign posted on the church neglected to list the BOE phone number. Apparently, this contact information was required to be on such a sign and wasn't. I know, the voters could have returned home to look up the number, call, and then go out again to vote. But, for many, that may not have been an alternative.

Failure of who?!

The levy committee didn't fail.

The voters did.

And the schools lost out.

Did levy committee fail?

I talked to several people and most were confused. Many thought it was a renewal, but some thought it was being made permenant. It seemed that there were different accounts in different papers about millage that led to confusion. Were there any mailers from the committee? If so my household never got them. I'll be honest and tell you I didn't vote because I didn't want to vote no and hurt those that need it and wasn't going to vote myself an increase for something I wasn't sure was right. From those that I've talked to, whatever message the committee was sending, it seemed mixed. Also, there was a feeling that this was a slam dunk and it didn't warrant much of a push.

Before you blast me, please take a minute and understand I'm trying to relay info to help those help us.

By My opinion