I dropped my ballot in the mail yesterday. In addition to President and Vice President, there were four offices on my ballot: United States Representative, Member of the State Assembly, school district Governing Board Member, and water district Director. I also voted on twelve state propositions and one city measure. How about you?
Everyone (in the US) should have US Rep on the Ballot.
We also have a butt load of offices, from Port Commissioner to Supreme Court justices on the ballot this year. All our state legislators too. And a few ballot initiatives, including one to ban public school sex education.
Those pushing to repeal the sex- ed law say the curriculum is “too much, too soon” for students, and parents should have more of a say in when a child learns about sexual health.
Read more here: https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/politics-government/article243634147.html#storylink=cpy
US House
Governor
Lt. Governor
State Attorney General
State Supreme Court (one seat)
State Court of Appeals (3 seats)
State House
State Senate
County Coroner
County Surveyor
County Treasurer
Township School Board (3 seats)
County Superior Court (13 seats)
County Circuit Court (1 seat)
State Court of Appeals (1 seat)
Turned my ballot in earlier this week and now I can’t remember exactly, but there was a US Rep, several local offices and a state yes or no question.
Sports betting here in Maryland.
I have a nice long ballot to fill out this year.
In addition to the president and US house rep, I also have state house and senate, 2 county commissioners, 13 judges, the county Prosecutor, Clerk of Courts, Sheriff, Recorder, Treasurer, Engineer, and Coroner
President/VP
Ward 4 Council
At large council (2 seats)
Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner
School Board
Shadow senator
Shadow House Representative
Whether to decriminalize psychedelic plants
Reps, of course.
Mayor of Portland
A couple of city commissioners
Some state offices
A bunch of judges I’ve never heard of
Ballot initiatives for various things including legalizing the use of psilocybin for “medical” use, and decriminalizing drug addiction so that prison is not the first step; establishment of an independent police oversight board; repairs to schools; funding of parks; money for libraries.
Current place of dwelling:
- President, VP
- US Senator, US Representative
- 1 seat County Board
- 2 seats School Board
- 2 state Constitution Amendments (Redistricting; Disabled Vet tax benefit)
- 5 local bond issues (Transit, Recreation, Stormwater, Schools, County facilities)
Former place of dwelling (PR):
- Governor
- Delegate to Congress
- Mayor and City Council
- Territorial Legislature, both Houses: District Senators (2), At-large Senator (1); District Representantive (1), At-large Representative (1)
- Question on Applying for Statehood Y/N
People should reach out to someone who knows the judicial candidates. The caliber of people running varies considerably. Some are truly incompetent, even for the higher judicial positions.
As a Canadian, I am always surprised by America ballots. Both Federal and Provincial ballots here have exactly one office to vote for. Municipal elections in Ontario have two: City Councillor and School Board Trustee.
Plebiscites are few and far between here, I can’t recall the last one.
Vote411.org is a pretty good place to get info about all the people running.
And these judges are the ones that are far more likely to be hearing a case that personally affects you than anyone on SCOTUS.
Plus there is a variety of types of judicial election depending on the jurisdiction – some are straight competitive elections, and others are “retention” elections where the people decide whether to continue them in office.
Here in IL we had a referendum on instituting a graduated income tax.
NC is not typical , we have all our state offices up this year. Most states have their races in off years like 2022. we also have US senate and local races.
US Senate and US House, Texas House, mayor, city council, sheriff, county judge, and board of regents for the local community college.
Not in the States, but we have a provincial general election going on. Writ dropped on September 29, dissolving the Assembly, with the election on October 24.
Since we’re in a parliamentary system with first-past-the-post voting, we only vote for one position, our local Member of the Legislative Assembly. There are four candidates in our riding: the two main parties, and candidates for the Greens and the Liberals.
We will have separate municipal elections in November, where we can vote for the mayor, one candidate for city council, and one candidate for the school board.
1 of 36 - President
2 of 36 - Senate
3 of 36 - Representative
4 of 36 - State Board of Education
5 of 36 - Regent of the University of Colorado
6 of 36 - State Representative
7 of 36 - District Attorney
8 of 36 - Regional Transportation District Director
9, 10 of 36 - County Commissioner x2
11 of 36 - County Surveyor
12, 13 of 36 - Colorado Supreme Court x2
14, 15 of 36 - Colorado Court of Appeals x2
16 - 20 of 36 - District Court x5
21 - 24 of 36 - County Court x4
25 - 28 of 36 - State Constitutional Amendment x4
29 - 35 of 36 - State Statutory Propositions x7
36 0f 36 - Municipal Ordinance
US House of Representatives
Ohio House of Representatives
Two county comissioners (one candidate is unopposed)
County prosecutor (unopposed)
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas (unopposed)
County sheriff (unopposed)
County recorder (unopposed)
County treasurer (unopposed)
County engineer (unopposed)
County coroner (unopposed)
Member of the State Board of Education
Two seats on the Ohio Supreme Court
One seat on a state court of appeals
Three seats on the Court of Common Pleas (all candidates are unopposed)
Two years ago Missouri voters passed a citizen initiative to establish a non-partisan commission that would handle redistricting after the 2020 Census. The new commission would replace the bipartisan commission appointed by the Governor. This November, the Legislature put on a ballot measure to - surprise - throw out the non-partisan commission and return to a bipartisan commission appointed by the Governor.