His Jefferson County record shows that he has missed only two elections since 1988 and has voted in a total of 13. Rosemary Highman, president of the Boulder Valley League of Women Voters, said it's the duty of all citizens to vote and help choose the elected representatives who will decide how tax money is spent. She stressed that the League is a nonpartisan organization dedicated to supporting the citizen's role in government and that she wasn't aware of the candidates' personal voting records. But elected officials, she said, should also be good citizens, and part of being a good citizen is voting consistently. I feel they should set the example.
Voting is the fundamental point of our democracy.
Local party officials would prefer to see voters focusing on other things. Cynthia Russell, chairperson of the Boulder County Democratic Party, said more important than their personal voting record is where candidates stand on the issues. Bob Beauprez, chairman of Boulder County Republicans, said that in a perfect world it's every citizen's civic responsibility to show up at the polls for every election. Beauprez agrees with Greenlee that it's also a bad time of year to get voters to the polls. I think I have a fairly decent voting record when it comes to general elections.