How are you voting for state and local offices?

[fleshconsumed]

Voted earlier this morning. D all the way down. Did not bubble one position that only had R running for it out of protest. Voted not to keep any republican justices (not that it'll matter as people never pay attention to judges). Probably hundred people in line when I got at the polling place 15 minutes before opening, took about an hour to actually vote, by the time I left the line was about 2 hours long.

Aside from big turnout it was actually a bit depressing, out of a crowd of several hundred I only saw 3 people under age of 30, saw a guy with yellow "don't tread on me" facemask, and I overheard 50-60'ish year old couple not too far behind me ramble to each other about evil socialism and vote harvesting, they were the only people not wearing masks outside this morning.

 

[iRONic]

We just received our General Election guidance from the county Clerk. Awesome!

Safe, in-person spot starts 10/13 goes to 11/3.

 

[herm0016]

straight party voting is what got us here. keep up the good work though.

Jo Jorgenson for president, Hickenlooper for Senate, R for local seats because we are already dealing with councils that would rather spend money on recognizing Palestine as a country and 10s of millions on creating a public power utility that will double the cost of electricity, while they buy from the current provider for the same price we pay now, zoning restrictions to keep the rich happy and the property values in the stratosphere ( with an occiasional virtue signal for afordable housing ex: condemning a trailer park and building condos that cost 3x as much to increase density and # of "affordable" units ( stealing the land from the land owner and keeping the gains for the city budget) and a city that gets to decide who rents commercial space because " there are too many banks" and ends up with 30% vacancy in our down town area.

oh, and permit fees for new housing that cost between 20 and 100% of project cost. yes... 100%. double the cost of the building for permits if you want to build a garage, shed, accessory dwelling unit, etc.

 

[MtnMan]

I changed my registration to "unaffiliated" decades ago. I had been registered as a republican before that became a dirty word. That was in 1968 when I was home on leave from the Navy, so I could vote absentee as I knew my ship was due to be deployed.

Probably in the late 70's or early 80's I change party affiliation to unaffiliated directly as a result of local races, not national politics.

The advantage is that for primary elections I can choose which primary to vote in. This year I chose democratic primary for federal office races, but I have chosen republican when local issues were prominent, probably on off-year elections.

 

[MtnMan]

straight party voting is what got us here. keep up the good work though.

I also threw my vote in the shitter in 16, that won't happen again.

I do agree with the straight party thing. That option (straight party) was taken off the ballot here over a decade+ ago. However republicans are no longer a party, they are a cult, and for all partisan races I went with the (D) candidate. If some level of sanity has returned after the (hopefully) purge of the completely corrupt repukes, that may not be case in the next general election.

 

[Zorba]

I was going to vote straight D. But I'm going to have to vote for one R, for corporation commission, he it's only being challenged by a libertarian. No way in hell I'm voting for a libertarian for the corporation commission.

 

[MtnMan]

I was going to vote straight D. But I'm going to have to vote for one R, for corporation commission, he it's only being challenged by a libertarian. No way in hell I'm voting for a libertarian for the corporation commission.

I researched most state/local races, and their 'position' in most cases made it an easy choice. They just happened to be democrats. In a couple of local races where they came out pretty much even I went "D" simply because trump has poisoned the well.

 

[imported_tajmahal]

Wow, the mods are gonna fact check. I would certainly like to see this "debunking" as I must have missed where they actually did that?



Well obviously, as that's how you get BTK.

I suppose you can check it yourself. Have at it.

 

[Zorba]

I researched most state/local races, and their 'position' in most cases made it an easy choice. They just happened to be democrats. In a couple of local races where they came out pretty much even I went "D" simply because trump has poisoned the well.

Yeah, I don't have many local elections and Republicans basically hold all local positions, so breaking that up a bit is a good thing.

I did research the Ds for the primary, so I know none of them are insane.

 

[MtnMan]

straight party voting is what got us here. keep up the good work though.

Jo Jorgenson for president, Hickenlooper for Senate, R for local seats because we are already dealing with councils that would rather spend money on recognizing Palestine as a country and 10s of millions on creating a public power utility that will double the cost of electricity, while they buy from the current provider for the same price we pay now, zoning restrictions to keep the rich happy and the property values in the stratosphere ( with an occiasional virtue signal for afordable housing ex: condemning a trailer park and building condos that cost 3x as much to increase density and # of "affordable" units ( stealing the land from the land owner and keeping the gains for the city budget) and a city that gets to decide who rents commercial space because " there are too many banks" and ends up with 30% vacancy in our down town area.

oh, and permit fees for new housing that cost between 20 and 100% of project cost. yes... 100%. double the cost of the building for permits if you want to build a garage, shed, accessory dwelling unit, etc.

Take a look at the 2016 election, actually just the states that went red since 2012. The 3rd party candidate won enough votes, in FL, MI, PA, and WI, had those votes gone for Hillary, would have won the state for her. The total Electoral College votes in those states is 75, which would have meant 307 for Hillary and 231 for Trump.

And I am one that threw my vote away on a 3rd party protest vote.

 

[dawp]

the last GOP candidate I considered was McCain back in 2000 before he sucked up to Bush.

 

[herm0016]

Take a look at the 2016 election, actually just the states that went red since 2012. The 3rd party candidate won enough votes, in FL, MI, PA, and WI, had those votes gone for Hillary, would have won the state for her. The total Electoral College votes in those states is 75, which would have meant 307 for Hillary and 231 for Trump.

And I am one that threw my vote away on a 3rd party protest vote.

Lol, because Gary Johnson voters would go for Hillary? You do you, ill do me. Every person that says I'm throwing my vote make my resolve that much more.