Early Voting in Onondaga County: Residents Reveal Important Issues Early Voting in Onondaga County: What Issues Matter Most To Residents?

Some felt that education is the most important while others felt differently.

(BRYCE GELMAN)

EARLY VOTING IN ONONDAGA COUNTY IS WELL UNDERWAY, WITH THE MOST POPULAR POLLING SITE THE DEWITT TOWN CENTER. AS PER USUAL IN DEWITT AND NEARBY SUBURBS, VOTERS CARE HEAVILY ABOUT EDUCATION. FAYETTEVILLE RESIDENT ROUBA DOUMIT SAYS SCHOOLS NEED TO COME FIRST.

(DOUMIT)
“Schools is the most important to me…. Because really the school system is not really — how it looks from the outside, you know, you have to have kids inside to get more involved and then you’ll see the real, yeah.”

(GELMAN)
FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN OTHER AREAS, THEIR CONCERN IS ELSEWHERE. KIRKVILLE RESIDENT SHARON VISSER DISCUSSES THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT SHE BELIEVES SOME DON’T BENEFIT FROM.

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“Basically, the social structure of our city and trying to make things work for working families again besides the big guy. I’m tired of the big guy living off my back.”

(GELMAN)
THE EARLY VOTING PROCESS IN THE ONONDAGA COUNTY ELECTIONS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL SUNDAY. ELECTION DAY IS ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND. FOR N-C-C NEWS, I’M BRYCE GELMAN.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (NCC NEWS) – Early voting was held for the sixth straight day in Onondaga County on Thursday.

The most popular polling site has been the DeWitt Town Hall, according to the county’s Board of Elections.

As per usual in DeWitt and nearby suburbs, voters care heavily about education.

Rouba Doumit, a Fayetteville resident who voted in DeWitt today, believed that elected officials should put schools first.

“School is the most important to me,” she said, “…the school system is not really – how it looks from the outside, you know, you have to have kids inside get more involved.”

For people who live in other areas, their concern lied elsewhere.

Sharon Visser, a resident of Kirkville, explained the importance of what she believed doesn’t get enough attention.

“Basically, the social structure of our city and trying to make things work for working families again besides the big guy. I’m tired of the big guy living off my back,” Visser said.

The early voting process in Onondaga County will continue until Sunday of this week. Election day is this Tuesday, Nov. 2.

 

 

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