They won’t be talking about who wins yet, but about what issues are important and that sort of thing. But this is the beginning of tonight’s data deluge.
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By now, McCain is probably putting the finishing touches on his concession speech. Continuing again… State Court of Appeals Division 1 District 1 Position 6: Only one candidate, so I vote for me. State Superior Court Judge Position No. 1: My primary choice was Susan Amini. She did not make it to the general election. So I have to look at the other two. Looks like Bradshaw has a bit more relevant experience. I have no other real way to decide here. So I’ll vote for Tim Bradshaw. State Superior Court Judge Position No. 22: I ran out of time in the primary, so I have to look for the first time today. Garratt has been a judge before. Her opponent has not. I will vote for Julia Garratt. State Superior Court Judge Position No. 37: I ran out of time last time as well, so looking at this at the first time. As before, I’ll go with the person who is already a judge, although I’ll say again that I don’t think Judges should be elected positions. The mere fact of having to worry about election has the potential to hurt their impartiality. But oh well. My vote goes to Jean Rietschel. City of Bellevue Proposition No 1 Levy for City Parks and Natural Areas: This would improve a tax increase to pay for parks. It said tax increase. Not right now thank you. I will vote REJECTED. Sound Transit Proposition No 1 Mass Transit Expansion: This would raise taxes (although not by much) to fund the expansion of buses and trains to more places in the area. If you have read any of my other comments today, you’ll know I’m fairly anti-transit. It is not that I can’t enjoy a good train system if it is there. I like the Metro in DC. And some of the proposed routes might actually be useful to me. But… I just think it is not the best use of resources, and the subtext of trying to get people to drive less annoys me. I will vote REJECTED. And that is the end of my ballot. Time to get it all set in the official security envelope and walk it over to my local polling place to put in the box. Just noticed that while there was only one candidate on the ballot for State Supreme Court Justice Position #3, in the top two primary in August, there actually were two candidates. I voted for myself in protest, but presumably the top two should have won and moved on. Why is there only one candidate on the November ballot? Mary Fairhurst is here, but Michael Bond is gone. Why? I did a quick Google, but didn’t find anything. Anyway, I already voted for myself as a protest since there was only one person on the ballot. Ah… I found it. There is a minimum percentage of the vote threshold to move on to the General election, even if you come in second. Mr. Bond did not meet that threshold. That sucks. If you are going to do a top two thing, number two should get on the general election ballot, even if they only got 1 vote. With some way to deal with ties of course. Oh well. Continuing… these next five will be easy. State Representative Position 2 District 41: There is only one candidate, so I vote for me. State Supreme Court Position No. 3: There is only one candidate, so I vote for me. State Supreme Court Position No. 4: There is only one candidate, so I vote for me. State Supreme Court Position No. 7: There is only one candidate, so I vote for me. I note that I had a reader write in to say they would vote for me on this one. Brandy also changed her vote at the last minute to vote for me on this one as well. Three votes. Woo! State Court of Appeals Division 1 District 1 Position 5: There is only one candidate, so I vote for me. Gotta love those write in votes. More in another post soon. There are four more positions left to vote on, then two propositions. Continuing Page 2… Commissioner of Public Lands: My primary choice was once again me, and once again just a protest because there were only two candidates. So I need to look at the candidates. Once again, with brief looks at their statements and their websites, I find nothing particular that would make me lean one way or another. This really should be an appointed position. In any case, as the tie break, I will go with the challenger. My vote goes to Peter Goldmark. Superintendent of Public Instruction: My primary choice was Randy Dorn. I vote for him again. Insurance Commissioner: My primary choice was me. Because I didn’t like any of the candidates. OK, I will vote for me again. State Senator District 41: My primary choice was me, but only because there were only two candidates. So once again I should look at the candidates. If Fred Jarrett had an issues section on his site, I could not find it. Meanwhile, I could easily find Bob Baker’s issues page without trying. And I like a lot of what I read. Plus… I’ve seen his yard sign. It has very few words on it other than his name. It says “No Tolls on I-90 Bridge”. I go across that bridge a couple times a day, and I agree completely. And from his website it seems he is also generally of the same pro-car orientation as I am. So my vote goes for Bob Baker. State Representative Position 1 District 41: My primary choice was me. Once again a protest of only having two choices. So once again, I need to look at the candidates. Once again I think transportation is the deciding issue for me. Litzow is against tolling on I-90 and seems more car friendly. My vote goes to Steve Litzow. To be continued in another post soon… According to fivethirtyeight.com as of this morning. (via Slog) I have now finished Page 1 of the ballot and am starting Page 2. Most of the positions here were also on the primary ballot, and I did my research then. If my choice in the primary is on the general election ballot, I’ll just go ahead and choose them without further research. If they did not make it, I’ll look at more. I’ll just include a lot of these in this post. Lieutenant Governor: My primary choice was… me. I thought all of the candidates sucked. I will stick with my previous judgment and vote for myself again. Secretary of State: My primary choice was Sam Reed. I vote for him again. State Treasurer: My primary choice was Allan Martin. I vote for him again. State Auditor: My primary choice was Glen Freeman, who did not make the General election. Rereading my comments from before, I don’t like either of the two on the ballot, and will write myself in. Attorney General: My primary choice was me, but it was a protest for there only being two candidates in a top two runoff, which is a waste. Guess I should look quickly at the two candidates. I am only doing a very brief look due to time. Bleh, there are three debates online between these two, but I don’t have time for that. Just with a quick look at their statements and their websites, I don’t see much that would make me lean to either of the two. I consider it a tossup. In the case of a tossup, I will prefer the challenger, as I think generally it helps to shake up a position occasionally. Therefore I will vote for John Ladenburg. I’ll do more in a separate post shortly. |
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