If you’ve ever doubted that all politics are local, read on.
About a month ago, an Ooltewah reader responded to an editorial on this page about getting registered to vote and double-checking that all our voting information is correct so we won’t be turned away at our polling places.
That reader had quite a story. Last November, he and his wife received new polling precinct cards for a change in polling location, he said.
“Out of the blue. Not requested by us nor have we changed addresses in 20 years.”
The change was from Bayside Baptist Church on Highway 58, about 2.8 miles from their driveway. The new polling place was set at Silverdale Cumberland Presbyterian Church on Bonny Oaks Drive – nearly 10 miles away.