Fairfax County Politics

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

GRR.
Ok, it's not like I'm asking for much. Just a little dissemination of info by the county government's website. Say, some sort of notification that there ACTUALLY IS AN ELECTION. Links to official candiddate web sites would also be useful, but just their names would be a start. Stupid web site.

So I've tracked down all the info I need using the Washington Post. THat is, where I can FIND the info.
I don't have time to look it up. THough I need to before tomorrow if I want to be responsible. Unless I bjust follow my mom's advice and do what the VEA tells me.

ANyway, that's all. Just a brief rant.

[Mistress of Darkness]

Who's VEA?

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

Virginia Education Association?

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

yeah, Virginia Education Association, I figure, schools aren't getting enough money, and most of the teachers I know (with a few exceptions) want to improve their employee base with people who know what they're doing, and want the conditions that are better for the students, so if the VEA likes a candidate, there's at least one thing I like about hte canditate. And they are non-partisan, they support people from a variety of parites. SO it can't hurt

Incidentally, even having found the candidates' sites, there's all of two  of them that say ANYTHING about issues, and those don't say enough and are misleading in at least one case. So I"m going to write myself in for Sherriff.

[Mistress of Darkness]

Wow. Sherriff Ehlers.

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

run for the hills!!!

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

or I could not vote at all, spending all day making a car work (and it does!) and then between the stupid cops blocking off streets and the distance required to travel to the polls being not worth it to vote for people who won't communicate their agenda.

Therefore, I am conscienciously objecting to this election and not voting, along with about 90% of the population who were just too lazy to vote.

[Lieutenant Kije]

There's a city council election in Orem and my wife (who is more politically involved than most) told me that she can't find any information on most of the candidates (or all of them, I can't remember.)  So we talked about it and came to the conclusion that it would be better to write in the name of someone you know something about than vote for an actual candidate you know nothing about.  

If it were me, I just wouldn't vote, a la Ehlers, but my wife votes.  Always.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

yes, better to write in than guess. But I disagree with the majority of people who actually speak up on this, and I think that abstaining is a valid form of expression as well. Feel free to disagree and find me irresponsible, i've heard all the arguments (many of which don't stack up to much more than emotional appeal), and they haven't convinced me though.

[Entsuropi]

I would simply vote for the conservatives here in the UK. Just find a party and vote for it each time. Even better, become a member and your vote gets auto-counted so you do not even have to bother turning up.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

uh... no... not only do I have significant disagreements with the platforms of both major US political parties, but there are no "third party" groups that come anywhere close to my views.

[Entsuropi]

Uhh... move to canada.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

too cold and annoying.

[Gemm: Rock & Roll Star; Born to Rock]

Lets all go to Me-hi-co!

[JP Dogberry]

In Australia, voting is compulsory. Since I'm now at the legal age to vote, and I have no desire to support an ineffectual two-party system (Which is really only one-party, because they're both the same) I might just refuse to vote, and take the $10 fine. Or, I might just go in and draw an obscene picture. That's always fun.