This last week I read an excellent article in The New Yorker about the history of voting in America. I was surprised, and you may be as well. Things that we take for granted, like the virtue of a secret ballot, heck, even the idea that a "ballot" is a piece of paper, evolved much later than I had assumed. Even if you aren't a political junkie, it's worth a read.
Without further ado, this is what I believe.
- SECRET MUSLIM for President!
- WAR SUPPORTER for Congress!
- Alquist for State Senate.
- Beall for Assembly. (Gotta love gerrymandering! Silicon Valley would elect Democrats anyways, but these folks are all safe forever.)
- Liroff for Superior Court.
- No choice on West Valley-Mission Community College District Trustee Area 1. (I'm unqualified to choose!)
- Constantin for West Valley-Mission Community College District Trustee Area 3. (I chose not to pick a second. I unthinkingly support incumbents under the assumption that they know what they are doing!)
- Gordon for Campbell Union High School District Member. (I chose not to pick a second; see above.)
- YES on the $10 billion boondogle!
- NO on treating animals humanely!
- NO on building hospitals for sick children!
- NO on involving parents in the lives of their children!
- YES on putting criminals back on the streets!
- NO on law and order!
- NO on green energy!
- NO on family values!
- NO on victim's rights!
- NO on renewable energy!
- YES on the power grab!
- NO on supporting veterans!
- YES on hospital seismic safety. (Okay, this one's hard to make fun of. Sorry.)
- YES on the local transit boondoggle!
- YES on thoughtless affirmation!
- NO on qualified review!
- YES on cutting taxes!
- YES on cutting taxes again! I don't understand why this is two measures!
- YES on expanding government-funded construction!
- YES on the pernicious creeping influence of corporate money over civic policy!
- YES on tax increase!
Haha, I don't know if I've laughed so hard from a blog post in a while...good one!
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