Tuesday people will assemble to exercise their democratic right to vote.

Sunday, October 31, 1999

Tuesday people will assemble to exercise their democratic right to vote. Parents, grandparents and people with no children, but who have a stake in the future of Austin and Austin’s children will decide two issues.

One is an easy choice – to support or not support the levy referendum. Passing this levy referendum means keeping the services offered by the Austin Public School District up to their current standards, and no more. Not passing it can mean larger class sizes and shorter class days.

The other vote won’t come as simply – to choose from a field of 17 candidates four to sit on the school board.

Some may think that because they can’t come up with four choices, they shouldn’t vote. They couldn’t be more wrong.

If a voter in this election feels very strongly for only one or two candidates, they should still vote. Though there are four seats open, voters can vote for up to four candidates. This means they can vote for one, two, three or four.

It is hoped that each voter can find four good choices from this impressive field of candidates, but should they only find one, two or three, they should still vote. Every vote is powerful.