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Published by the Arden Association No. 119 July 1978 w "Where annual elections end q :there slavery begins." O--John Adams, 1735 - 1826 • Since this is the Fourth -of -July month, and is CNtime to consider our freedoms, the above quote is a reminder that the fall elections will soon be upon us. Charlotte McNeish, Arden Hills' • Clerk -Administrator, is in charge of rounding up ' workers for next fall's elections and she says she never has enough names* She guesses she will need approximately 30 people to handle the September primary and probably 60 or so for ' the November finals. The daytime shift works • • from 6:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m., and then the • • • second shift comes in and counts ballots until e the job is done., The pay is $2.65/hour. If you are interested in doing this work, please contact your party leaders who must turn all names in to Charlotte by July 12. The reason you have to declare a party affiliation is so that we will have an equal number of Democrats and of Repub- licans working together to keep an eye on each other. (Somehow the deliberate i miscounting of votes is not a problem in Arden Hills as it is in Cook County ! ) ' Republicans: please contact Helen Leverkuhn, 636-2750, if you want to work. Democrats: call Steve Novak, 636-7564, for the contact person. ' (Editor's notes I've counted votes at night not for several elections, and it's really sort of fun ---until about four o'clock in the morning when nothing adds up twice to the same total. Democrats and Republicans actually `` work very well together; we're all trying to get the job done and we're all M' neighbors. In reality, it's the smokers and the non-smokers who have a slight co -o 5 erating problem. Anyway, if you haven't done this before, do give it a try. Also along election lines: two of our Council terms expire this year, as does that of Mayor. So if you think you want to put in that kind of time for Arden Hills, you can file between September 26 and October 10; the filing fee is $2.00, and you must be a registered voter. It's Bob Woodburn and Charlie Crichton whose terms are up. i Speaking of registered voters, please, please register before the fall elections, if you have not already done so. It is a real mess handling the voters and registering people on the same day. Just call the Village Hall for the forms (633-5676). There will be more election news in following issues of the Town Crier ' as September comes closer. For instance, the precincts in Arden Hills have been changed around and there are some new polling.places. We'll have a map for everybody to show what's going on. Had another phone call from an Arden Hills resident interested in getting ' cable TV into our Village. This one was from Mr. Landsberger whose son Mark I