10/21/2004
I voted
I tried out Volusia County's early voting setup and had no problems. It took just under 10 minutes in a room set up in a public library. Lots of people but everything moved quickly. The clerk even explained filling out the ballot and reminded me that there are things printed on both sides, something nobody had ever done in past elections. The counter on the tabulating machine -- these were optical scan ballots -- was up to 3,000.
How did I vote on the Amendments? "No" on everything except the minimum wage.
Here's a 62-word editorial on all 8 amendments:
The parental choice amendment means rightwing judges make childbirth decisions for abuse victims. A plague on all your houses, doctors, lawyers and chambers of commerce. Slot-machines won't bring new money for schools and everybody knows it. When voters approve an amendment, politicians should respect the decision. I'll vote to limit amendments after we reform legislative redistricting, not before. Pay a living wage.
The rest:
John Kerry, president
Betty Castor, senator
Dana Rasch, Fla. representative
Pat Northey, Volusia elections supervisor
Tom Mott, public defender
Andy Kelly, soil & water conservation dist. board member
... and "yes" to retain all judges, even the Republicans.
How did I vote on the Amendments? "No" on everything except the minimum wage.
Here's a 62-word editorial on all 8 amendments:
The parental choice amendment means rightwing judges make childbirth decisions for abuse victims. A plague on all your houses, doctors, lawyers and chambers of commerce. Slot-machines won't bring new money for schools and everybody knows it. When voters approve an amendment, politicians should respect the decision. I'll vote to limit amendments after we reform legislative redistricting, not before. Pay a living wage.
The rest:
John Kerry, president
Betty Castor, senator
Dana Rasch, Fla. representative
Pat Northey, Volusia elections supervisor
Tom Mott, public defender
Andy Kelly, soil & water conservation dist. board member
... and "yes" to retain all judges, even the Republicans.
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I liked your 62 word editorial. You could have saved us a lot of time at the I-4 Corridor Association meeting this past Thursday, where the amendments were the topic of discussion. Sixty second beats 60 minutes every time. We had a retired trial attorney explain the wording (and was actually somewhat fair about it!)
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