<div dir="ltr"><div>Thought some of you might find this interesting.</div><div> </div><div>ALA Election results will be posted tomorrow.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Joanne Kempf</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jkempf@ala.org">jkempf@ala.org</a>></span><br>
Date: Thu, May 2, 2013 at 3:19 PM<br>Subject: [alacoun] Election Statistics<br>To: ALA Council <<a href="mailto:alacoun@ala.org">alacoun@ala.org</a>><br><br><br><div lang="EN-US" vlink="purple" link="blue"><div><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color:rgb(74,68,42);font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">Hello Councilors,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(74,68,42);font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(74,68,42);font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">I have some election statistics to share with you:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(74,68,42);font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(74,68,42);font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">Total number of eligible voters: 51,811<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(74,68,42);font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">Total voted: 11,083 (21.39%)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(74,68,42);font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color:rgb(74,68,42);font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">In 2012<u></u><u></u></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(74,68,42);font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">Total number of eligible voters: 52,866<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(74,68,42);font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">Total voted: 11,560 (21.87%)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(74,68,42);font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color:rgb(74,68,42);font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">In 2011</span></u><span style="color:rgb(74,68,42);font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(74,68,42);font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">Total number of eligible voters: 52,901<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(74,68,42);font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">Total voted: 9,618 (18.18%)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(74,68,42);font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(74,68,42);font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">Also, I received a few inquiries about how many “hits” the Election Guide received. A total of 564 events were recorded; with 504 unique events. Which means that 504 individuals viewed the Guide and 60 were repeat viewers.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(74,68,42);font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(74,68,42);font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">The searchable spreadsheet of Council candidates received 239 total events, with 213 unique events. This was the most downloaded spreadsheet on the ALA website between March 1 and the close of the election.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(74,68,42);font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(74,68,42);font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">So there you go.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(74,68,42);font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(74,68,42);font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">We’ll be sending out the election results as early as possible tomorrow (Friday) afternoon, May 3.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(74,68,42);font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(74,68,42);font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">JoAnne<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(74,68,42);font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(74,68,42);font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(74,68,42);font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="color:rgb(74,68,42);font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">JoAnne Kempf<u></u><u></u></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="color:rgb(74,68,42);font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">Director, Office of ALA Governance<u></u><u></u></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="color:rgb(74,68,42);font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">American Library Association<u></u><u></u></span></i></b></p>
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<em><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Lincoln County Library District</span></em><br><em><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">P.O. Box 2027</span></em><br><em><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Newport, OR 97365</span></em><br>
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