Transit Boosts Nashville Turnout, With Some Voters Choosing Transit-Only Ballots

[TexasTowelie]

Nashville’s transit referendum appears to be boosting turnout during early voting — which surpassed 27,000 ballots on Thursday.

The pace to likely to top what is typically a low count during local May primaries.

And countywide, about 13 percent of voters thus far have requested a transit-only ballot — not the Democratic or Republican versions — meaning that they skipped the rest of the races altogether.

As is often the case, the early polling place in Hermitage is leading the way on turnout, followed by the Green Hills, Edmondson Pike, Belle Meade and Bellevue locations.

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[Rhiannon12866]

1. High turnout is always positive news!

[Docreed2003]

2. We desperately need this transit plan...

Nashville's infrastructure can barely cope with the current interstate layout, the population is growing exponentially in the city, and a transit plan should be a no brainer. Unfortunately, the right and "no transit" folks have been flooding the area with commercials which are intentionally misleading in order to scare people away from the transit plan.