Live-blogging My Ballot
Here in CA you need to mail your absentee ballots by Friday (tomorrow) to ensure that they will arrive by Tuesday and be counted. So here goes...
Black pen -- check.
Absentee ballot - check.
Wow, there are actually three African American presidential candidates on this ballot: Obama, Cynthia McKinney and Alan Keyes. Three white guys led by McCain, including Nader and Barr.
...And I just voted for Barack Obama and Joe Biden. Awesome. Please God let him win.
...Voted for Democrats down the line. Diane Watson is my Rep.
...For Superior Court judges, I went with the Democratic party endorsements: Merritt, Loo, Jones, Mack, and Crabb. I have to say that this is no way to pick a judge. You just have to have faith that these people are qualified. Appointments by the mayor or governor, approved by the city or county supervisors would be a hell of a lot better.
...Proposition time. I hate these CA propositions, I wish we could trash the whole system. More often than not, they are abused to the point of crippling our government and allowing the uninformed majority to punish the minority. There is a reason this country is a republic and not a true democracy -- the people should not be allowed to create laws through a majority vote, especially when most voters are too dumb or uninformed to make the right choice.
That said, I voted Yes on 1, 2, 3, 5, 11, and 12. The only one I really care about is 1A - high speed trains. We are so far behind almost every other civilized country when it comes to public transit, this would be a great first step for California. I don't know how selfish or stupid you have to be to vote against this. Even a Hummer driver would enjoy less traffic on the roads due to all the people riding trains instead.
...Voted No on 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. All of them are right wing attempts to restrict abortion, ban gay marriage, or increase criminal penalties in unfair ways. No thanks. I really hope 4 and 8 go down hard. Unfortunately, the No on 8 people have been doing a piss-poor job of taking their case to the public. The Yes on 8 people made this all about teaching gay marriage to little kids, and so now the prop is being fought on those grounds. Not a single TV ad has run with a gay celebrity discussing this as a civil rights issue. Not a single ad has been tailored to the black community, telling them that Barack Obama opposes Prop. 8. I fear this horrible piece of hate legislation might actually pass. The blame falls mainly on the Christian and Mormon conservatives behind it -- they are scum in my opinion. But the No on 8 people just haven't got their act together. They have a good new ad with Diane Feinstein, but why wasn't that ad running a month ago?
...County Measures. Yes on R, so we can fund more rail projects. No brainer.
...School measures. Voted yes because I'm a good liberal. Would rather have money going to schools than to prisons.
...City measures. Voted yes, once again because I'm a good liberal.
All done. Put the ballot in the envelope, signed it, now I'm off to the Post Office. I love being an American.
Black pen -- check.
Absentee ballot - check.
Wow, there are actually three African American presidential candidates on this ballot: Obama, Cynthia McKinney and Alan Keyes. Three white guys led by McCain, including Nader and Barr.
...And I just voted for Barack Obama and Joe Biden. Awesome. Please God let him win.
...Voted for Democrats down the line. Diane Watson is my Rep.
...For Superior Court judges, I went with the Democratic party endorsements: Merritt, Loo, Jones, Mack, and Crabb. I have to say that this is no way to pick a judge. You just have to have faith that these people are qualified. Appointments by the mayor or governor, approved by the city or county supervisors would be a hell of a lot better.
...Proposition time. I hate these CA propositions, I wish we could trash the whole system. More often than not, they are abused to the point of crippling our government and allowing the uninformed majority to punish the minority. There is a reason this country is a republic and not a true democracy -- the people should not be allowed to create laws through a majority vote, especially when most voters are too dumb or uninformed to make the right choice.
That said, I voted Yes on 1, 2, 3, 5, 11, and 12. The only one I really care about is 1A - high speed trains. We are so far behind almost every other civilized country when it comes to public transit, this would be a great first step for California. I don't know how selfish or stupid you have to be to vote against this. Even a Hummer driver would enjoy less traffic on the roads due to all the people riding trains instead.
...Voted No on 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. All of them are right wing attempts to restrict abortion, ban gay marriage, or increase criminal penalties in unfair ways. No thanks. I really hope 4 and 8 go down hard. Unfortunately, the No on 8 people have been doing a piss-poor job of taking their case to the public. The Yes on 8 people made this all about teaching gay marriage to little kids, and so now the prop is being fought on those grounds. Not a single TV ad has run with a gay celebrity discussing this as a civil rights issue. Not a single ad has been tailored to the black community, telling them that Barack Obama opposes Prop. 8. I fear this horrible piece of hate legislation might actually pass. The blame falls mainly on the Christian and Mormon conservatives behind it -- they are scum in my opinion. But the No on 8 people just haven't got their act together. They have a good new ad with Diane Feinstein, but why wasn't that ad running a month ago?
...County Measures. Yes on R, so we can fund more rail projects. No brainer.
...School measures. Voted yes because I'm a good liberal. Would rather have money going to schools than to prisons.
...City measures. Voted yes, once again because I'm a good liberal.
All done. Put the ballot in the envelope, signed it, now I'm off to the Post Office. I love being an American.
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