Hey look, Tropical Storm Fay did indeed hit Palm Bay and Melbourne. Right smack in the middle of the 90% to 100% blob of purple. (As of the update from almost four hours ago.)
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Hey look, Tropical Storm Fay did indeed hit Palm Bay and Melbourne. Right smack in the middle of the 90% to 100% blob of purple. (As of the update from almost four hours ago.) Drat, I am out of time, and with six more items on the ballot. Five of those are judges. And to be honest, I just don’t have enough info here to make good decisions, at least not hurrying like this. One day maybe I’ll know enough about local affairs to feel good about these, but not today. I really think judges should be appointed rather than elected anyway. So I don’t feel too horrible leaving these blank for now. So: King County Superior Court Position 10: Three candidates, no time to research, I’m leaving it blank. King County Superior Court Position 22: Three candidates, no time to research, I’m leaving it blank. King County Superior Court Position 26: Only two candidates, so I’ll write myself in. King County Superior Court Position 37: Three candidates, no time to research, I’m leaving it blank. King County Superior Court Position 53: Only two candidates, so I’ll write myself in. The last item is for “Precinct Committee Officer”. It says “For this office only: If you consider yourself a Democrat or Republican, you may vote for a candidate of that party. For a write-in candidate, include party.” Although I was an Obama delegate in the primaries, at this point I do not consider myself either a Democrat or a Republican, so I will leave this blank too. And that is that. Now time to rush to the polling place and get this in. I have 20 minutes. More candidates than positions again. Three candidates:
OK, I’ll go with the one that is already a judge. My vote: Susan Amini Only one candidate (Ann Schindler). My vote: Samuel Minter Only one candidate (Linda Lau). My vote: Samuel Minter Only one candidate (Debra Stephens). I don’t like one candidate elections. My vote: Samuel Minter Finally more candidates than winning slots again. Three candidates:
Both of the last two candidates are possible. But I think I’m going to go for the middle guy. My vote: C. Vulliet Top Two Primary. Only two candidates (Mary Fairhurst and Michal Bond). My vote: Samuel Minter Oh, this is even worse. A top two primary with only ONE candidate (Judy Clibborn). That is just wrong. And theoretically this means that some write in candidate (because there will be at least a few, and presumably at least some who can get more than a handful of votes) will actually win second place and get on the ballot. It will not be me. But I’ll write myself in anyway. My vote: Samuel Minter Yet another top two primary with only two candidates (Marcie Maxwell and Steve Litzow). My vote: Samuel Minter |
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