or “I will be voting for Jan Smith for dog catcher”
What weird or odd or unusual office or candidate or initiative are you going to be voting on this November?
Well, there is this hockey mom from Alaska.
Peace,
mangeorge
We’re having a special election to replace our late Congresswoman, Stephanie Tubbs Jones, but it’ll be two weeks after the regular Nov. 4 election. Among other things, this curious timing will allow one of our county commissioners to complete his run for reelection before he decides whether to run for Congress (he could probably win both races).
We may have an issue on the ballot to permit some form of electronic gambling in Ohio, and another to require employers to provide paid leave (passionately opposed by Big Business, and our Democratic governor, who thinks the state economy’s already precarious enough). Another ballot issue would overturn the General Assembly’s 28% interest-rate cap on payday loans.
Not just electronic gambling, **Elendil’s Heir **-- there’s a proposed constitutional amendment to authorize building a casino between Columbus and Cincinnati, with taxes generated to be distributed among all 88 Ohio counties. The advocates filed a petition in August, and if enough signatures are certified, the amendment will be on the ballot in November.
Similar amendments were defeated in 1990, 1996, and 2006. Ohioans, brace yourselves for a deluge of advertising.
To continue the Ohio hijack - The paid leave issue is coming off the ballot. Some sort of compromise legislation through the General Assembly is being annouced today.
I assume that there will be the usual slate of muncipal court judges that nobody has heard of or knows anything about. I try to sit down with my absentee ballot and sort out who I should vote for, but some of the smaller races just have almost no information on the people running.
My neighboring county elects its coroner, but my county doesn’t. I can’t tell you how much frustration this causes me, having no input into the selection of this all-important public official whose duties so greatly impact my daily life.
We have local council elections in NSW tomorrow week (Saturday 13 September). As well as the usual voting for councillors and the mayor, in my local council we’re being asked the following questions:
Some bills, a checkbook. Some crumbs, I think.