# What's on your ballot? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 3, 2008, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-ballot/461898 "2008-09-03T18:24:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-ballot/461898/1 "2008-09-03T18:24:07Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-ballot/461898/2 "2008-09-04T12:41:16Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > 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 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-ballot/461898/3 "2008-09-04T15:57:27Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-ballot/461898/4 "2008-09-04T16:33:07Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![howye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9adbd/32.png) [@howye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/howye)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-ballot/461898/5 "2008-09-04T16:44:24Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > 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. 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. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-ballot/461898/6 "2008-09-04T18:03:08Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-ballot/461898/7 "2008-09-04T22:39:54Z")
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: > [@](#): > > 1. Do you support the proposal to allow advertising on bus shelters in high-traffic areas only, with the revenue to be reserved for capital projects such as road and footpath renewal, improved sporting facilities and the upgrading of North Sydney’s village centres? > > 2. Do you support the proposal to allow advertising in the North Sydney CBD on public infrastructure such as bus shelters, multi-function poles or free standing advertising panels, with the revenue to be reserved for capital projects such as road and footpath renewal, improved sporting facilities and the upgrading of North Sydney’s village centres? > > 3. The Container Deposit Legislation (CDL) system involves a mandatory deposit to be paid by the consumer on certain nominated containers, for example, glass, aluminium, steel or plastic. Anyone who returns a container to the retailer or to a bottle depot receives a refund of between 5 cents and 20 cents. A similar system currently operates in South Australia. > > Do you support the introduction of Container Deposit Legislation in NSW? > > 1. Should council amend its planning instruments to permit one dedicated car space per unit with at least one bedroom, exclusive of visitor parking, in new residential unit developments? > > 2. A. Do you support an increase in council’s existing Environmental Levy special rate to fund an expansion of initiatives to assist residents, businesses, schools and council to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and respond to the challenges of climate change? > > B. Currently the Environmental Levy is based on an average of $34.70 per rateable property per year. In the event that there is support for an increase in the levy, would you support an increase to an average of: > i) $50 per year, > OR > ii) $60 per year? ---
**Author:** ![Interconnected\_Series\_of\_Tubes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/13edae/32.png) [@Interconnected\_Series\_of\_Tubes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interconnected_Series_of_Tubes)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-ballot/461898/8 "2008-09-05T01:30:14Z")
Some bills, a checkbook. Some crumbs, I think.