Your Votes: Split on Partisan Elections, Downtown Plans; All in for Campus Carry

Fairfax City Patch readers are split on whether political parties should show up on ballots, think that schools should not have been closed for the ice storm, and have differing views on what will jumpstart downtown Fairfax. They also overwhelmingly support guns on campus.

At least, that's what some readers are saying in Patch's latest polls.

Here's a breakdown of how you voted in the last few weeks. Scroll down to vote for/against a new bill that would require mandatory sonograms before abortions.

• Yes. Voters should know before making a decision -- 29 votes
• No. Certain bodies are non-partisan for a reason -- 33 votes
• Unsure -- 0

Votes: 62

• Yes - I slid all the way to school -- 174 votes
• No - Save the delays and closings for a real storm -- 381 votes

Votes: 555

• Green space -- 62 votes
• More parking -- 68 votes
• Other (comments suggested a movie theatre, anchor attraction and a complete downtown overhaul) -- 54 votes

Votes: 184

• Yes -- 1,196 votes
• No -- 56 votes
• Other -- 5 votes

Votes: 1,257

New Poll: The Republican-led Virginia Senate passed a bill Wednesday by a vote of 21-18 that would require women to undergo an ultrasound before having an abortion. to read more about the issue.