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<p><font size="2">Robert P. Holley<br>
Professor, School of Library & Information Science<br>
Wayne State University<br>
Detroit, MI 48202<br>
aa3805@wayne.edu<br>248-547-0306
(phone)<br>
313-577-7563 (fax)</font>
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<span name="x"></span><br></div><hr id="zwchr"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><b>From: </b>"Daniel D Cornwall (EED)" <daniel.cornwall@alaska.gov><br><b>To: </b>"ALA Council" <alacoun@ala.org><br><b>Sent: </b>Friday, April 18, 2014 3:22:49 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>[alacoun] RE: ALA Election- How are we doing?<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#303030;background:white">Voting turnout this year is lagging significantly behind last year thus far. As of Tuesday, April 15, approximately 14.27 percent, of the eligible
voters had submitted their ballots. This compares with 16.98 percent at the same time in 2013. Total voter turnout in 2013 was 21.4 percent, so let’s try to meet or beat that number!</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Daniel Cornwall</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Alaska Chapter Councilor</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">LinkedIn Profile: www.linkedin.com/in/danielcornwall
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Professional blog: librarianfromalaska.wordpress.com/</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Twitter: twitter.com/danielcornwall</span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a href="http://freegovinfo.info/node/author/alaskanlibrarian" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">http://freegovinfo.info/node/author/alaskanlibrarian</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"></span></p>
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