seanR said:
How many times did you vote B?
I am proud to be from a state where 1% of the area can dictate the entire state.
we don't vote based on geography, barkie.
chicago and surrounding suburbs account for 66% of the state population.
yes, barkie, we're THAT large.
Your "1% dictates" complaint is based on fuzzy math.
By the way, I voted 91 times.
Once for my president and vice, Once for my US senator, my congress reps, various chicago positions, and the rest were cook county judge seats.
Instead of mindlessly punching ballots for these positions like some of the uneducated who believe they are either REQUIRED to do so, or think its the "right thing to do" I did hours of extensive research on the judges who appeared on my sample ballot.
SEVERAL judges recieved terrible performance marks from bar associations and a couple non-profit ORG's that are responsible for the evaluations. In fact, some evaluations were so scathing, it makes you wonder how they got there in the first place. On my ballot, these particular judges do not run on a political ticket, they are merely seeking to withhold thier seats. JUDGES have a much greater effect on the quality of your life, and the laws that govern you as a US citezen, perhaps to a greater degree than any other political office. Many of these judges simply do not deserve to sit on the bench, and it takes a 40% vote to unseat them, and that NEVER happens. I had a 20 page cheat-sheet to guide my voting choices. The girl in the voting booth next to me spent as much time in the voting booth as i did, and when she turned in her ballot, all 92 choices were punched. My ballot flagged an "undervote" since I did not vote for a candidate in the water reclamation district. This person walked into the voting booth with NOTHING. no list, no cheat-sheet.
How someone can vote for 92 memorized choices is not probable. Odds are, this person does what most ignorant citezens do.....they punch a ballot mindlessly, like it doesn't matter......****ing ****es me off.
