doin' my bit for democracy
Oct. 30th, 2026 02:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
julianI have, unfortunately, not had time to connect up to Election Protection this year, which is a pity because there is definitely skullduggery around, and I live 3 mies from a swing state now, but I kept flaking, and when I checked last week, the trainings had passed me by.
(But! Call 866-687-8683 if you have voting problems.)
I went and voted today before work, after having delayed from Tuesday because they closed at 4:30 and I thought they were open til 6, oops.
There were about 10 people voting, and 3 booths, so a bunch of us just took pens and used the counters to fill our ballots out. The *one person* at the Clerk's office was a little punchy.
I voted for various individuals. Plus, Massachusetts has 9 ballot initiatives this year, and since I had to do actual research, I will expand upon same. (Usually we have 2-3 if that.)
WBUR's info, Boston Globe. Also, the League of Women Voters.
I voted:
1) Yes! (Make Legislature and Governor's Office records accessible to the public.)
I was surprised that MA didn't do this in the first place. Various anti people were like, "BUT IT MIGHT EXPOSE CONSTITUENT INFORMATION!" and I was like, "Calm down," especially because WBUR notes it in fact includes an exemption for constituent communications. I'm sure it will take them awhile to hash this all out, but the more governing information being public, the better.
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I dislike that both 8 and 9 are asking to repeal stuff, but you have to vote in opposite ways to do so, so I worry about people (like me, a lot of the time) who skim and/or don't pay full attention. They should've put them further away from each other on the ballot, but I assume they listed these in the order they received them, and it is what it is, and so we deal.
(But! Call 866-687-8683 if you have voting problems.)
I went and voted today before work, after having delayed from Tuesday because they closed at 4:30 and I thought they were open til 6, oops.
There were about 10 people voting, and 3 booths, so a bunch of us just took pens and used the counters to fill our ballots out. The *one person* at the Clerk's office was a little punchy.
I voted for various individuals. Plus, Massachusetts has 9 ballot initiatives this year, and since I had to do actual research, I will expand upon same. (Usually we have 2-3 if that.)
WBUR's info, Boston Globe. Also, the League of Women Voters.
I voted:
1) Yes! (Make Legislature and Governor's Office records accessible to the public.)
I was surprised that MA didn't do this in the first place. Various anti people were like, "BUT IT MIGHT EXPOSE CONSTITUENT INFORMATION!" and I was like, "Calm down," especially because WBUR notes it in fact includes an exemption for constituent communications. I'm sure it will take them awhile to hash this all out, but the more governing information being public, the better.
( Cut for length. )
I dislike that both 8 and 9 are asking to repeal stuff, but you have to vote in opposite ways to do so, so I worry about people (like me, a lot of the time) who skim and/or don't pay full attention. They should've put them further away from each other on the ballot, but I assume they listed these in the order they received them, and it is what it is, and so we deal.
