Dear Editor,
If you did not vote in the primary on May 19, you have another chance. In fact, only 37% of voters in Greene County showed up. As a result, nothing was resolved.
Consider that we are trying to elect a senator, a governor, a lieutenant governor, a secretary of state, a school superintendent, and a county commissioner, and two-thirds of voters turned their backs on democracy and stayed home. Contrast that with many places in the world where people do not have the opportunity to vote, and others where people risk their lives to do so.
On June 16, we get a rare opportunity for a “do-over.” With early voting from June 8 to 12, we can try again to settle on candidates for the November election. It is particularly important for Republicans, where we have runoffs as follows:
• U.S. Senate — Collins vs. Dooley
• Governor — B. Jones vs. Jackson
• Lt. Governor — Kennedy vs. Dolezal
• Secretary of State — Fleming vs. V. Jones
• School Superintendent — Longrear vs. Woods
• County Commissioner, District 1 — Lawler vs. Easley
Remember the 2020 runoff election for U.S. Senate? Republicans led Democrats after the election in both cases, but nobody had a majority. Republicans did not show up to vote in the runoff, and we now have two Democratic senators who did not win the popular vote.
Don’t let a small percentage of us determine the results of this runoff. We’re having an election in June. Y’all come.
Gerry Giesler
Greensboro