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Back from the polling place. (Original Post) MineralMan Aug 2016 OP
I bet your vote for Jill Stein put her over the top!... onehandle Aug 2016 #1
Not even on my ballot. MineralMan Aug 2016 #2
Jill Stein is on every ballot. onehandle Aug 2016 #7
She'll be on the general election ballot, MineralMan Aug 2016 #8
at the gym and asked the woman next to me, "ya voting today?" a kennedy Aug 2016 #9
I'm going after lunch. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2016 #3
Thank you for voting! I wish more people would do the same. MineralMan Aug 2016 #4
Ellison and Hayden probably have it in the bag, but The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2016 #5
Yes. My wife and I voted for her, too. MineralMan Aug 2016 #6

MineralMan

(146,338 posts)
2. Not even on my ballot.
Tue Aug 9, 2016, 11:23 AM
Aug 2016

The only partisan race on my ballot was Minnesota CD-4. Our state legislative races have no primary opponents for the DFL party or the Republican party. There was a State Supreme court election, though. The incumbent in our district is doing a great job, so she got my vote.

Betty McCollum is my representative. She's terrific. She also got my vote this morning.

Turnout, sadly, is very low, as usual.

MineralMan

(146,338 posts)
8. She'll be on the general election ballot,
Tue Aug 9, 2016, 12:09 PM
Aug 2016

but not on our primary ballot. There's no Green Party primary ballot in Minnesota for the presidential election. In fact, there are no Presidential candidates on any primary ballots here in 2016.

In 2020, though, we'll have presidential primaries instead of caucuses. That will be a great change.

a kennedy

(29,723 posts)
9. at the gym and asked the woman next to me, "ya voting today?"
Tue Aug 9, 2016, 12:42 PM
Aug 2016

She goes, today?? Really?? I said yah, a primary. She said no, and I didn't hear a word about it. I will be.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,900 posts)
5. Ellison and Hayden probably have it in the bag, but
Tue Aug 9, 2016, 11:39 AM
Aug 2016

I want to be sure Natalie Hudson keeps her Supreme Court spot. Her opponents are crackpots.

MineralMan

(146,338 posts)
6. Yes. My wife and I voted for her, too.
Tue Aug 9, 2016, 11:41 AM
Aug 2016

I don't think there will be a problem, really. She's the incumbent, and that's on the ballot. Generally, people vote for incumbent justices without even thinking about it. She's doing a fine job.

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