Originally Posted By Labuda ...and I still don't feel clean even after a shower. Instead of being in the heart of Austin, I was out in the suburbs, where roughly 80% of our voters were voting in the Republican primary, and, worse than that... I actually had one guy say "Well, since there's no Tea Party, I'll go with Republican." OMG, I feel ill. I need to go to Hippie Hollow soon or something. Sheesh. At least I'll be downtown next week at a theatre and among my own kind.
Originally Posted By Labuda Oh, but I did have one bright spot today - the large # of people voting int he Republican primary who asked me to interpret the proposed resolutions on their ballot and even after I explained that I couldn't and that if they agreed with the statement they should mark "for" and if they disagreed with the statement they should mark "against", there were still a lot of them who flat-out did NOT understand and voted the way I would have for those resolutions had they been on MY ballot. Morns with a lack of critical thinking skills.
Originally Posted By fkurucz Don't people bother to read the little booklets that are mailed before the elections? The ones that enumerate the ballots and even come with dumbed down explanations and pro/con arguments?
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< Don't people bother to read the little booklets that are mailed before the elections? The ones that enumerate the ballots and even come with dumbed down explanations and pro/con arguments? >>> Not in Texas, since no such booklet exists. I used to live in California, so I know exactly what you are talking about. I just assumed the same was done everywhere, but it's not.
Originally Posted By Labuda Ah, so that doesn't exist here? I figured he was talking about something that Republicans get since I am most assuredly not on ANY of their mailing lists.
Originally Posted By SuperDry Labuda, here's what I'm referring to: <a href="http://vig.cdn.sos.ca.gov/2012/primary/pdf/english/complete.pdf" target="_blank">http://vig.cdn.sos.ca.gov/2012...lete.pdf</a> The above is what was prepared for CA's upcoming primary next week. Especially as someone that's worked the polls, I think you'd find this very interesting. It spells out the voting process, lists all of the items that will be on the ballot, provides a non-partisan summary, and partisan arguments for and against each ballot proposition, and rebuttals thereto. This guide is prepared for each election and mailed to all registered voters. It also serves as notice that there will be an election at all. In some of the minor elections, but for this guide coming in the mail, many voters would not even be aware that an election was taking place.
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost Well, primary's are not the same as general election. Usually, it is set up so you are either voting Democrat or Republican, so the individuals do not draw that much attention. See one, see them all mind set. Republican - Democrat you vote one or the other at the primary. The real test comes in the regular election.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<Well, primary's are not the same as general election. Usually, it is set up so you are either voting Democrat or Republican, so the individuals do not draw that much attention. See one, see them all mind set. Republican - Democrat you vote one or the other at the primary. The real test comes in the regular election.>> Not where I live!! At least not for local level contests. Republicans dominate the county I live in so thoroughly that Democrats rarely run in the local races. The only contest IS THE PRIMARY. Whoever wins the primary will be running unopposed in the General Election.
Originally Posted By Labuda Thanks for the link, SuperDry. That's a really neat document, and I especially like that on page 7 it spells out what the votes mean. And as far as what Trippy said, parts of Austin are like that, except that, for example, in my current district, Elliot Nashtait ran unopposed in the Democratic primary and he will be unopposed in the general election to be my state representative. That's the part of the pleasure of being a liberal in Austin proper. Don't get me started on the MASS number of female voters I saw voting Republican on Tuesday. I wanted to take each one outside and reason with her. *sigh*
