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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 03:54 PM
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Did anyone else leave a spot blank on their ballot?
I did.

I just could not bring myself to vote for that blue dog Jane Harman...

So...

I left that spot blank.

First time I ever did that.
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 03:55 PM
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1. Yes. We had no candidate (Dem) for US Rep in my district.
Edited on Tue Nov-02-10 03:56 PM by ScreamingMeemie
So I left it blank because Poe is a whack job and the Libertarian candidate is even worse. I also left spots blank where Republican judges (and the county commissioner) were running unopposed. I did vote for Green candidates for judge.
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trayfoot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 04:04 PM
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10. In my Virginia district..,......
there was one reTHUG, and 2 Tea Partiers running - NO DEMS! I did not vote in that election. I just voted on the Constitutional Amendments on the ballot. I refuse to vote for ANY of the choices offered!!!!
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RedCloud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 04:16 PM
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26. maybe a write in that point? "None of the above"
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cyndensco Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 04:36 PM
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32. Was the tea baggers' party identified on the ballot as (T)?
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sandnsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 03:57 PM
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2. You know, DeFazio is running FOR logging
but despite that, and his running against the stimulus and against government waste and against TARP which was ESSENTIAL, - I voted for him anygoddamnway.

I don't know why in the hell people think ANY candidate is perfect. Some of them are a damn sight different when they're at home then when they're in DC.

Shame on you Peggy.
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 03:57 PM
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3. I didn't vote for Feinstein last time.
First time for me, too.
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The_Commonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 03:58 PM
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4. Yes.
I left a couple of spots blank.
I won't vote for someone, or for ballot measures that I do not know anything about or understand.
This year, I didn't vote for the local Dem assemblyman who was recently caught up in a corruption scandal.
I didn't vote for the Republican, naturally, so I left it blank.
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 03:59 PM
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5. Yes, as usua in my areal, a few unopposed ReBPublican races.
I can't run in EVERY race, you know... ;)
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 03:59 PM
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6. I vote third party, no matter what that party is
if I'm confronted with either an unopposed GOP or an antichoice Dem. Undervotes, those with blank spaces, are kicked out of the machines, which means leaving it blank would risk not having my other votes counted.
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abelenkpe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 04:02 PM
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9. Yeah?
I thought that might be the case so I never leave one blank. Hope that's not the case though....
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blogslut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 04:00 PM
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7. Unfortunately, I left several spots blank
My (R) congressman is running unopposed as were numerous down-ticket candidates. I even voted for some Libertarians and Independents just to spite R's without Democratic opponents.
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TBF Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 04:00 PM
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8. Yes, quite a few republicans running unopposed for
local spots. I just skipped over those.
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Pirate Smile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 04:04 PM
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11. You could have considered that a vote for Nancy Pelosi for Speaker
because that's what it was. :(
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 04:06 PM
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14. I'm not understanding your meaning...
Do you mean by not voting for the blue dog, this hurts the House Dems?

:shrug:
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Pirate Smile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 04:08 PM
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16. It sure as hell does if Harman doesn't win. She is a vote for Nancy. She is a vote for holding the
House by Democrats. That's what she was. Take Jane out in the Primaries. Vote for the Dem in the General Election.
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 04:10 PM
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18. Ah, but Jane will win.
I wouldn't have done it otherwise...

Stop worrying!

We tried, and failed to take her out in the Primaries.

I know she will win; she always does.

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Pirate Smile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 04:14 PM
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23. I hope so.
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frazzled Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 04:04 PM
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12. For two judges running unopposed
They got low scores from the various bar associations, so I didn't want to vote for them. However, they will probably win anyway, since there was no way to vote AGAINST them.
On the circuit court judges, you could vote 'yes' or 'no' for retention, and I had four judges I voted no to. Hopefully they will be kicked out, but I doubt many people went to the trouble to look up the information for 68 judges! Why do they make us do this?
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 04:05 PM
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13. Nope but I am lucky
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 04:08 PM
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15. I never vote for an office where it's a one-person race.
That's anti-democratic IMO.

Also, in most years I will not vote down-ticket races if I know NOTHING about either candidate. This year, I made an exception and voted for the Dem (or the Green if there was no Dem) for every office.
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treestar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 04:13 PM
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22. Well someone has to step up and run for it
Kind of pathetic that there are offices for which only one person even runs.
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 04:20 PM
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28. I agree with that, but still leave it blank.
The sad thing is the number of races in this state where they can't find ANYONE to run as a Democrat. The choice is Repub running unopposed, or Repub vs Libertarian. I leave those blank as well.
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B Calm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 04:09 PM
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17. Republicans running unopposed for county offices I left blank
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cbdo2007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 04:10 PM
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19. Only for all the judges in my area. There must have been like 15 of them
and I just haven't had any time to do any research or anything this year so I left them all blank.
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FreeState Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 04:11 PM
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20. Nope - voted straight Dem and on every issue n/t
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treestar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 04:12 PM
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21. Yes. For state house. No Dem ran in the district
It is a very Republican district. Middle class - stupid people think they are rich, I guess.

Also for the state, the Republicans did not run anyone for Recorder of Deeds.
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InvisibleTouch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 04:15 PM
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24. I left blanks if there was only one candidate...
...and it was a rethug.
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deaniac21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 04:15 PM
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25. I have a bit of a sinus condition. I'll admit I left a spot on my ballot.
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BadgerKid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 04:16 PM
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27. Yup - unopposed Republicans.
I was able to research the other candidates/measures in the past few days to make less than a completely uninformed choice.
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alc Donating Member (649 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 04:23 PM
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29. only where there wasn't a D
I didn't have a list of write ins for every slot like I've done before
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Mz Pip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 04:27 PM
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30. Yes
There were a whole bunch of judges running unopposed. And there were a couple of other non partisan positions that I had no idea who or what they are about.
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gmoney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 04:27 PM
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31. I did...
I wasn't really informed on the candidates for judges races that were on the ballot, so rather than risk voting for someone nasty, I skipped those.

Got to vote on a paper ballot that will probably never be unsealed!
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