So, I was looking up what time I can go vote, since I’ve been up till around 7:30 or 8:00AM the last several days, and I found this great quote in an article about why Arizona results may not be known right away:
“We have one polling place at the bottom of the Grand Canyon, so it always takes a few hours for somebody to hike those results out,” state Elections Director Jessica Funkhouser said.
I love that there’s a polling place at the bottom of the Grand Canyon. How great is that, people? I knew people lived down there, but now I wonder how many. Do they get their own representative in the House? Can they swing the vote for governor? If only 8% of them show up, how many people is that? 8?
Any way, get out and vote today. I’d like to see the voters legalize medical marijuana for the third time at the very least. I’ve been getting lists of names I should be voting for from the Arizona Human Rights Fund for the last four months, based on the single issue of human rights. A very important issue, but if I were to believe every negative ad I’ve seen in the last few weeks, I’d probably think that voting for anyone but Hess would plunge Arizona into the dark ages. Of course, that’s just because the other candidates don’t think Hess is enough of a threat to bother with a negative ad. I’ve pretty much been voting straight libertarian since age 17, but in recent years the local libertarian party has moved pretty far from the ideal that libertarianism is supposed to represent. So, I’ll probably vote along AHRF recommendations.
Oh, and since I can’t make heads or tails of the various gambling-related propositions, I’ll probably just read the briefs on them at the polling place and vote pro-gambling-expansion regardless of how much one group paid for advertisements or how many tribes are behind the other, or whose books are open or closed or … I can’t figure that one out. And did I say pro-medial-marijuana? I’d be pro-medical-crack if it was on the ballot; someone’s got to regulate drugs, and the FDA is doing a better job than the DEA in my book.
Oh, in case you can’t tell, I’m killing time. Procrastinating on my novel, waiting for paint to dry on a homework assignment, waiting for the sun to come up so I can go vote… How long until the polls open? How much novel left to write? An hour and 45,000+ words, you say? Huh. I bet I can fill an hour working on homework!
Update at 5:45AM: I forgot to mention that I’ll be among the ballots to be verified that slow down the process of determining who has won. My ballot has to be counted by hand after they verify that I haven’t voted wherever I’m supposed to vote for the last address change I remembered to appraise them of. Or whatever else the “verify” about my ballot. I’ve actually had to do this for every election I’ve voted in since I turned 18, since I never remember to submit change of address in time. Actually, come to think of it, I had to do it for the election I voted in before I turned 18, too. You know, because I wasn’t 18. They verified it though, and counted my vote. You know, because I turned 18 before the next general election. It was just a primary. Anyway, I finished the mandala (photo 1, photo 2, comment on photos) for 2D Design tonight. I’ve just finished a lovely braunschwager sandwich, and will be strolling down to my local polling place with proof of address in hand in a few minutes.
Okay, that took about an hour. 25 minutes walking to and from the polling place was nice. And between the 6 volunteers working there, we were able to work out how to properly fill out and submit a “ballot to be verified” within 10 or 15 minutes. I spent the rest of the time carefully selecting the names that AHRF had selected for me where possible, selecting other names based on how many names one had (that arredondo fellow had four or five names and a suffix, so gets my vote for … whatever council that was), and simply selecting “no” on retention of every single judge. Oh, and carefully reading the descriptions of the propositions. Which turns out to be quite silly, since I voted yes on all but one of them (go vote and see if you can work out which one I didn’t like the looks of!). As far as I can tell, Prop 200, 201, and 202 are not exclusive of each other, and if all three pass, existing casinos continue to exist and every tribe is allowed to open up to 10 new casinos, paying up to 19% of their gross revenues in new taxes. Oh, and satan will walk on earth. But I don’t think that little rider is anything to worry about. So much so that I won’t tell you whether it’s riding on 200, 201, or 202.
HahahahHAHAHAHahahaha!!!
Okay, that took about an hour. 25 minutes walking to and from the polling place was nice. And between the 6 volunteers working there, we were able to work out how to properly fill out and submit a “ballot to be verified” within 10 or 15 minutes. I spent the rest of the time carefully selecting the names that AHRF had selected for me where possible, selecting other names based on how many names one had (that arredondo fellow had four or five names and a suffix, so gets my vote for … whatever council that was), and simply selecting “no” on retention of every single judge. Oh, and carefully reading the descriptions of the propositions. Which turns out to be quite silly, since I voted yes on all but one of them (go vote and see if you can work out which one I didn’t like the looks of!). As far as I can tell, Prop 200, 201, and 202 are not exclusive of each other, and if all three pass, existing casinos continue to exist and every tribe is allowed to open up to 10 new casinos, paying up to 19% of their gross revenues in new taxes. Oh, and satan will walk on earth. But I don’t think that little rider is anything to worry about. So much so that I won’t tell you whether it’s riding on 200, 201, or 202.
HahahahHAHAHAHahahaha!!!
Wait wait wait, I thought one had Satan on earth if you voted yes, and another if you voted no. But I don’t recall which. Ah well, guess it’s a crap shoot.
Wait wait wait, I thought one had Satan on earth if you voted yes, and another if you voted no. But I don’t recall which. Ah well, guess it’s a crap shoot.
Choosing to give your vote, by using their list, to a group of people who’s commonality is the way they chose too get their orgasms seems too me like a poor way to use your vote.
Choosing to give your vote, by using their list, to a group of people who’s commonality is the way they chose too get their orgasms seems too me like a poor way to use your vote.
The idea is to support the candidates who support my freedom to choose how to live my own life, and to NOT vote for candidates who support restricting my ability to make my own choices.
The same basic idea is why I tend to support libertarianism; idealistically libertarians would always support the individual’s right to choose for themselves, regardless of the issue, whether it’s sexual, intellectual, professional, or whatever. The AHRF supports pro-choice candidates, and in places where no candidate votes pro-choice, they recommend not voting. I agree with the general principle they are promoting. I want to be legally allowed to make my own choices about my personal life and my personal property, and will support the candidates who agree.
The idea is to support the candidates who support my freedom to choose how to live my own life, and to NOT vote for candidates who support restricting my ability to make my own choices.
The same basic idea is why I tend to support libertarianism; idealistically libertarians would always support the individual’s right to choose for themselves, regardless of the issue, whether it’s sexual, intellectual, professional, or whatever. The AHRF supports pro-choice candidates, and in places where no candidate votes pro-choice, they recommend not voting. I agree with the general principle they are promoting. I want to be legally allowed to make my own choices about my personal life and my personal property, and will support the candidates who agree.
Humm… My understanding is that ‘pro-choice’ refers to choosing abortion, not choices in general.
Humm… My understanding is that ‘pro-choice’ refers to choosing abortion, not choices in general.
Well, abortion is one of the choices some people make. Pro-choice is exactly what the words mean: Supporting the individual’s right to choose.
Well, abortion is one of the choices some people make. Pro-choice is exactly what the words mean: Supporting the individual’s right to choose.
I don’t know how to say what I am feeling about this matter better than I expressed it to Teel the other morning. “Silly Teel, voting to have rights.” Except to say that this nation is based on freedom, and although my own faith may disagree with a lot of what goes on in this country, I don’t know that I want to strip people forcefully of the right to choose things for themselves. I’m a huge fan of man having free will, and so I would hope they would come to the right decisions morally for themselves, but if they don’t I’d really rather not have the government forcing their hand. No one, as far as I can see, will grow from such a thing, because they’ll be too busy revolting from being forced into it.
I found myself voting against the people I didn’t want rather than for a person I did want this election at first. So ultimately, since I wanted change, I voted outside of the two main parties as well every chance I got.
I don’t know how to say what I am feeling about this matter better than I expressed it to Teel the other morning. “Silly Teel, voting to have rights.” Except to say that this nation is based on freedom, and although my own faith may disagree with a lot of what goes on in this country, I don’t know that I want to strip people forcefully of the right to choose things for themselves. I’m a huge fan of man having free will, and so I would hope they would come to the right decisions morally for themselves, but if they don’t I’d really rather not have the government forcing their hand. No one, as far as I can see, will grow from such a thing, because they’ll be too busy revolting from being forced into it.
I found myself voting against the people I didn’t want rather than for a person I did want this election at first. So ultimately, since I wanted change, I voted outside of the two main parties as well every chance I got.