I’m voting no on all the California ballot initiatives, except for Proposition 47.
Qin, didn’t you used to be conservative? It’s entirely possible I may have you confused with somebody else from back in the day.
He was, but he’s changed quite a bit since he first debuted here. Remember that he was 13 when he first started posting…
To be fair, these days the choice is between a slightly conservative party and a wacko, far-right nut job party.
San Antonio, TX:
Governor: Wendy Davis (wasted vote)
Lt. Governor: Letitica Van de Putte (wasted vote)
Attorney General: Sam Houston (fake name? wasted vote)
Comptroller of Public Accounts: {wait, this is a elected position?} Sam Collier (presumed wasted vote)
Land Office Commissioner: John Cook, who will lose to Jeb’s kid George P. (2024?) Bush
Agriculture Commissioner: Jim Hogan (wasted vote)
Railroad Commissioner: Steve Brown (wasted vote)
Senator: David Alameel (who was basically invisible, John Cornyn has aired a few ads on TV, Alameel virtually zero).
My House of Representatives race is a rare competitive one (TX-23). It has been flipping between D & R depending on the election cycle (D’s win the Presidential years, R’s win the midterms). The ads for this race have been non-stop on TV for more than a month now, even though the district only covers the northwest corner of San Antonio (and stretches almost to El Paso to the west). I voted for Pete Gallego, who will probably lose to ex-CIA Undercover Operative Will Hurd, who will end gridlock by voting against all of Obama’s agenda, per his ads. Maybe he has some some CIA tricks up his sleeve.
Huh. I didn’t see any ballot initiatives about that here.
Voting for Keith Ellison is essentially the same, under the rule of Barrack Hussein Eboma. Did you know that “barrack” is Arabic for hemorrhagic fever?
Straight Democratic ticket in Ohio. Almost voted for Kasich (governor) but couldn’t quite bring myself to do it. Skipped all judges below the state Supreme Court.*
Only two ballot measures: both to continue an existing city school levy, and an existing county human services levy. Yes on both.
- Unlike RickG above, I have limited agreement with a popular vote on judges. That vote should be on retaining a judge (as is done in Colorado) and not a non-partisan (ha ha ha, Ohio does not put party labels on the ballot for judges, but you know which they are) election (as is done in Ohio) between two or more candidates for a particular seat on the bench.
Man I love having a house. Living in apartmentland voting took 90-120 minutes. But in a nearly all house precinct there was no wait at all.
To the question
The one I was going back and forth on all year and all day was Michigan Governor. Finally went with Snyder, I guess I decided that things are getting better enough that he earned a chance to continue, rather than changing course and possibly making the shittier again. That, and spite for all the whining idiots who know nothing about the election except “Snyder has to lose, he was mean to the unions”
She’ll probably win in a landslide, if for no other reason than if a Republican wins, almost certainly that the first order of business after being sworn in would be to appeal the overturn on Proposition 8.
As usual, in my part of California, there were no TV ads for statewide offices. A lot of ads for the propositions, but none for any of the offices. I have a feeling the Democrats took a page from the Republican playbook; the Republicans spent zero on the 2004 Senate race, and I have a feeling the money they saved went into last-minute campaigning for Bush in Ohio.
Did everyone get an “I Voted” sticker, or is that peculiar to my area? I always display mine. Who pays for the stickers?
I got an “I ‘heart’ voting” sticker, with the heart in the shape of Ohio. I voted early and saved it to wear today, but forgot. :smack:
I assume the state pays for them.
Nobody EVER gives me an “I voted” sticker. Ever. 
Straight Dem ticket in Illinois. I’m not happy about either choice for governor but Rauner failed to make a case with me, largely because he skirted social issues saying that “This election wasn’t about that”. To me, that’s pretty much saying “I have typical GOP stances there but don’t want to admit to it in a largely blue state”
Anyway, for the ballot questions:
Constitutional amendment for voting rights: No
Raise Minimum Wage: Yes
Tax increase for schools: Yes
Victim rights amendment: No
Birth control mandate: Yes
Pretty sure my “yes” votes were all for nonbinding initiatives anyway.
Same here.
That’s pretty much one of the amendments we had on the ballot in Alabama.
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to prohibit the State of Alabama from giving full faith and credit to public acts, records, or judicial proceedings of another state that violate the public policy of the State of Alabama and to prohibit the application of foreign law in violation of rights guaranteed natural citizens by the United States and Alabama Constitutions, and the statutes, laws, and public policy thereof, but without application to business entities.*
To the OP, congratulations on your first election!!! May you live as long to vote as many time as my grandmother.
Her first election was the presidential election of 1928, when she was not quite 24. She voted for the last time in the 2012 presidential election, three weeks before she died at the age of 107.
I suspect that most times her votes and mine canceled each other.
I think I’m the first Kansan posting. For governor I voted the Democratic Davis/Docking ticket, for US Senator I voted for Greg Orman, the independent opponent to Republican Pat Roberts. both races are neck and neck, according to the polls, in the last days before the election the Pubbies were bringing in the big names to stump for current governor Brownback and for Pat Roberts.
I think gay marriage is safe in CA. For which I am glad. I still hate Harris. She’s strongly anti-gun and that’s enough for me.
It’s sad that about 40% of likely voters in CA didn’t even know that Brown was running. It’s his fourth term! Albeit spread out. And only about 20% knew who his opponent was. Brown didn’t campaign in any meaningful way. Governor of one of the largest states in the Union wins virtually uncontested. CA politics are shit.
Congrats, Quin, and thank you for taking your civic duty seriously. Also, that is the coolest thing ever about your grandmother, Baker. What a wonderful legacy.
As for myself in the piney woods of east Texas, I had to cast a vote for Wendy Davis. Then the rest were: majority dem, a sprinkling of both libertarian and green party votes, with two or three republican nods. One, Bryan Hughes as a several terms congressman, is a friend from high school and an all around standup good guy, so I didn’t mind too much. 
And a few others little ones I skipped for not knowing enough about them. There was also only one issue, whether or not we should throw some more money behind road maintenance and the like, so I said yes. If for no other reason that I’d like to continue to be able to get around easily during the zombie apocalypse. Happy (pointless?) voting to everyone that’s still out there.
I got one too.
Scott Brown (R)
Walt Havenstein (R)
Frank Guinta (R)
As usual NH had no statewide issues on the ballot. The only meaningful one I can ever remember having was about eminent domain that benefits private development.
I voted for Bill Murray for mayor.
I wanted an “I Voted for Kodos” sticker, but they only had the regular ones.