Boltlady
Governor
Yesterday I voted and was disgusted with our ballot. There have been a constant stream of ads on tv between 2 candidates and I was all set to vote for one of them. It turned out that my choice was not in my district. I wound up voting for someone who has great credentials but I didn't know that until I looked him up after I had voted. If he has any ads out I don't recall seeing them. Turns out that he was up against an incumbent (that I heartily dislike), that has been elected some 14 times and given the location of this district, he probably will hold his sat.
We had some recent redistricting going on but I thought I was still in the one that I had been in for years. I had gotten a letter telling me that my polling place was the same as it has always been and when I gave a quick glance at a map of the districts I thought it showed me still in the same. Well I wasn't so I voted for someone unfamiliar to me.
Then to make matters worse when we pulled up to the handicap spot a nice man gave me list of the conservatives on the ballot. There was a lady with a list of the liberals which I declined. It was a good thing that I had my list though because when I got my ballot the only names that had a D or an R after them were the one's for congress. We were voting for City Council, School Board and a Special Election School Board. There were long lists of names in each category but with no way to tell if they were Republicans or Democrats. Since I didn't know who any of those people were I was grateful for the list.
Oh yeah, the first couple of names on each list turned out to be Dems I learned from the process of elimination. Parts of VA are still very blue and that must include whoever made up the ballots.
We had some recent redistricting going on but I thought I was still in the one that I had been in for years. I had gotten a letter telling me that my polling place was the same as it has always been and when I gave a quick glance at a map of the districts I thought it showed me still in the same. Well I wasn't so I voted for someone unfamiliar to me.
Then to make matters worse when we pulled up to the handicap spot a nice man gave me list of the conservatives on the ballot. There was a lady with a list of the liberals which I declined. It was a good thing that I had my list though because when I got my ballot the only names that had a D or an R after them were the one's for congress. We were voting for City Council, School Board and a Special Election School Board. There were long lists of names in each category but with no way to tell if they were Republicans or Democrats. Since I didn't know who any of those people were I was grateful for the list.
Oh yeah, the first couple of names on each list turned out to be Dems I learned from the process of elimination. Parts of VA are still very blue and that must include whoever made up the ballots.
