375 Myrtle Field Road, Perry, GA 31069
Airport (PXE) Manager:
Our next Presidential Election War is evidently being waged already. Voting has always been an American duty as we attempt to elect those who govern intelligently (?). Voting laws have changed at times, but some are, or were, shall we say, challenging. Do you know the answers to the questions below?
a. Yes
b. No
No - Since 2014, when South Carolina joined everyone else, there have been no Election Day alcohol restrictions in the contiguous United States, according to Vine Pair. For many, the notion of Election Day prohibition might seem antiquated, or even condescending. But Puerto Rico and some Alaskan jurisdictions still ban alcohol sales on election days.
(For some elections you probably need a drink before you can cast your ballot)
a. Yes
b. No
No - The US maintains the separation of church and state, but some states have attempted to circumvent the law by requiring candidates to at least believe in God. Texas bans religious tests as a qualification to hold office, but requires an official to "acknowledge the existence of a Supreme Being", according to its Constitution's Article-I Bill of Rights. Tennessee also upholds a similar law, banning any person who denies a supreme being from holding office in the state's civil department. Other states with similar laws include South Carolina, North Carolina, Mississippi, Maryland and Arkansas.
a. Yes
b. No
Yes - At least seven states explicitly allow voters to change their ballot if they have voted before election day. With as much as 40% of eligible voters casting their ballots early this year, the law has gained some attention on the campaign trail. Republican nominee Donald Trump had appealed to voters in Wisconsin, asking them to vote again if they're feeling "buyer's remorse" over voting for his rival. Wisconsin allows voters to change their minds up to three times before the vote becomes official on election day - but only one vote counts. Oshkosh City Clerk Pam Ubrig told ABC News that the process can be very time-consuming. Other states include Minnesota, Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut and Mississippi.
a. Yes
b. No
No - A 1997 Texas bill passed by state legislators and signed by then-Governor George W Bush created a technical procedure that allowed astronauts to vote from space. Astronauts receive the ballot through an email secured with crew member-specific credentials, according to Nasa. The ballot is uplinked by Nasa's Johnson Space Center Mission Control Center and once completed, sent to the County Clerk's Office by email to be recorded. Astronaut Kate Rubins, who returned to Earth on 30 October, cast her ballot from space, while Shane Kimbrough intends to vote from the International Space Station.
(and I just thought that some of the candidates were out of this world!)
a. It was an arbitrary date picked by the House of Representatives in 1826
b. It was a compromise between the political parties in 1845
c. It was because of Catholic farmers
While many countries have the ability to call elections whenever they see fit, Americans have always voted for president (as well as for Congress) on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Why the incredible specificity? Because of the distances that used to lie between farms and polling places. In America's early days, the country was an agrarian society with little infrastructure for transport. It took time to get to polling places, and Tuesday was seen as the first day of the week that wouldn't force voters to travel on Sunday and disrupt church activities. The first Monday clause was inserted to prevent elections from taking place on November 1 - All Saints Day in Catholicism. But why November? Because it's the sweet spot between the end of the fall harvest and winter setting in, at which point roads often became impassible.
Samhainophobia (I kid you not!)
Orange stands for harvest and warmth, and black signifies death and darkness.
The ghost of First Lady Dolly Madison. (However the current administration swears it’s the ghost of the last administration)
A werewolf. (In modern times, it’s said to be a………….don’t think I’ll go there.)
Alabama doesn’t approve of clergy costumes; namely, according to section 13A-14-4, “Whoever, being in a public place, fraudulently pretends by garb or outward array to be a minister of any religion, or nun, priest, rabbi or other member of the clergy, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $500.00 or confinement in the county jail for not more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.”
Ahh, September….. Cooler weather is on the way and every store in town has Christmas sales going on!
It is the only month to be spelled with the same amount of letters as its calendar month: 9.
William Taft
$1.40 became the minimum wage
Babies Born
Chicago
Flying across the state of Georgia, you could pass over these airports. How many can you recognize? Now the airport city is probably easy -- but do you know the official name of each? For example, PXE = Perry-Houston County Airport.
Southwest Georgia Regional Airport (Albany)
Brunswick Golden Isles Airport
Crisp County–Cordele Airport
W. H. 'Bud' Barron Airport (DUBLIN)
LaGrange Callaway Airport
Harris County Airport (was Callaway Gardens-Harris County Airport – Pine Mountain)
Richard B. Russell Regional Airport (J.H. Towers Field – Rome)
St. Simons Island Airport
Henry Tift Myers Airport (Tifton)
Roosevelt Memorial Airport (Warm Springs)