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Local elections are funny

I live in a town. In Virginia, towns are located inside counties and are below the county level of government. It appears that Fairfax county (which contains 3 towns and roughly 21,000 voters – ~1 million total county population) requires all town candidates to run as independents. I was planning to vote in the Vienna election today, but I logged on to find out about the candidates. I like the mayor, but didn’t know anything about the council members. This is what I found:

Town of Vienna

Sample Ballot**

Mayor

Registered Voters – 10,703

M. Jane Seeman 600 Blackstone Terrace, NW Vienna, VA 22180 janehome1@cox.net

Town Council (Elect three)

Laurie Genevro Cole 706 Spring Street, SE Vienna, VA 22180 lgcole-vienna@cox.net
Edythe Frankel Kelleher 706 Park Street, SE Vienna, VA 22180 efrank01@yahoo.com
Michael J. Polychrones 1411 Patrick Circle, SW Vienna, VA 22180 polychrones@verizon.net

Polling Location:

Vienna Community Center 120 Cherry Street, S.E., Vienna, VA 22180

I think it’s safe to sit this one out.