Lake Worth meeting on bond vote problems scheduled for tonight

I hope to see some of the many people who experienced barriers to voting on August 26th at the Commission meeting tonight. We should be able to expect a professionally run election with knowledgeable poll workers, with technology they know how to operate and clear guidelines to determine who votes and who doesn't. Our residents deserve an efficient process that did not overly impede the progress of their own personal daily schedules and routines. Click title for link. Here is a bit from the small Post article:

On Election Day, poll workers identified voters by scanning their driver licenses with iPad minis. Voters who didn’t have driver licenses or whose licenses could not be read were allowed to vote under a provisional ballot, which would be considered by the county canvassing board later.
After the canvassing board accepted five of Lake Worth’s 33 provisional ballots, the bond issue was defeated by 25 votes, or 0.8 percent. If the margin had been 0.5 percent or less, there would have been an automatic recount.

Let's hope that the Friday, 5:30 pm. starting time of the meeting doesn't deter people from attending. Consider it as an opportunity to help fix a key process in our representative form of government. Afterwards, you can head downtown to one of our restaurants and check out the new and improved Evening on the Avenues, which starts tonight.