Good News For English Only Opponents

By Kleinheider Posted on January 15, 2009 at 9:00 am

Your people are going to the polls:

According to Jane Nixon of the election commission, roughly 8,200 Nashvillians have cast an early vote on English Only. Now, according to election law, we don’t actually know how those people voted. But, when breaking down the numbers, we do know this: The vast majority came from districts 24 (Sylvan Park) and 6 (East Nashville).

What does that tell us? Well, if we had to assume (and we will), the majority of early, i.e. motivated, voters, are voting against the measure. It’s a theory that Councilman Mike Jameson agrees with, although he is hesitant to say it’s an indicator that the amendment will be struck down.

“I’m not sure we’ve got enough votes to win the day,” he says. “Maybe we’ll get lucky and it’ll snow on Tuesday.”

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