Meme Time!
Aug. 4th, 2004 10:55 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
legalmooseAs we move into the November election season, everyone seems overly focused on the Presidential election. While important, that election is frequently not as important to your everyday life as your local elections. Tell us what your state and local races are, who the candidates are and who you're supporting. Then paste this at the top and blame ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
legalmoose for starting a meme for once. ;-)
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Here in DC, we have a primary election on September 14th for the Democratic, Republican and Statehood-Green Parties. So far we have the Delegate to the House of Representatives (Eleanor Holmes Norton, she'll win hands down); the Wards 2, 4, 7, and 8 Members of the City Council (none of which I can vote for); two At Large Members of the City Council (one Dem, one Repub or other Independent; I'm voting for Kwame Brown since he seems to have the best shot at defeating the incumbent, Harold Brazil); US Shadow Representative (Ray Browne, the incumbent, gets my vote); and several Democratic State Committee Members (the two who sent thank you notes for signing the petitions will get my votes - that's an impressive touch in my book).
That Primary will determine who's on the ballot for the November 2nd Election, so that's my focus at this point. Of course I myself will be on the ballot for my Advisory Neighborhood Commission seat, so I'll be voting for myself there. :-) There may be a slots initiative on the ballot (that's unclear yet). If there is, I'm voting against it because I consider it a regressive tax, even if it a "voluntary" one. We have two other certified initiatives, #65, "Support for a Public Hospital in the District of Columbia" (Yes vote), and #66, "D.C. Smokefree Workplaces Initiative of 2004" (if it gets in, and that's again unclear, a resounding yes vote - I like smokefree bars!). So that's my state and local ballot so far. What's yours?
legalmoose for starting a meme for once. ;-)------------------------------------------------------
Here in DC, we have a primary election on September 14th for the Democratic, Republican and Statehood-Green Parties. So far we have the Delegate to the House of Representatives (Eleanor Holmes Norton, she'll win hands down); the Wards 2, 4, 7, and 8 Members of the City Council (none of which I can vote for); two At Large Members of the City Council (one Dem, one Repub or other Independent; I'm voting for Kwame Brown since he seems to have the best shot at defeating the incumbent, Harold Brazil); US Shadow Representative (Ray Browne, the incumbent, gets my vote); and several Democratic State Committee Members (the two who sent thank you notes for signing the petitions will get my votes - that's an impressive touch in my book).
That Primary will determine who's on the ballot for the November 2nd Election, so that's my focus at this point. Of course I myself will be on the ballot for my Advisory Neighborhood Commission seat, so I'll be voting for myself there. :-) There may be a slots initiative on the ballot (that's unclear yet). If there is, I'm voting against it because I consider it a regressive tax, even if it a "voluntary" one. We have two other certified initiatives, #65, "Support for a Public Hospital in the District of Columbia" (Yes vote), and #66, "D.C. Smokefree Workplaces Initiative of 2004" (if it gets in, and that's again unclear, a resounding yes vote - I like smokefree bars!). So that's my state and local ballot so far. What's yours?
