what's on your local ballot?

i am happy the payday loan interest rate cap referendum passed by like 30 points even though the payday loan people outspent the opposition 50:1. lol losers

voters here on my island voted 4 to 1 in favor of decriminalization of pot! About 7750 for and about 1900 against!

the pot decrim measure passed by a lot all over MA!!

85% of people voted to make English the official language of the Missouri government. In possibly related news, the Hispanic population of Missouri is under 3%, most of which is the Cardinals infield.

a big ascii art fuck you to arkansas voters! despite my (and ai lien's and pleasant plains') best efforts, unmarried couples (i.e. gays) cannot provide homes for foster children.

and another ascii middle finger over approving annual sessions of our state legislature! at least we still have term limits, you assholes.

it's severely tempering my excitement about obama!

Ha, you should see what I just wrote on the african-american/gays thread.

i registered to vote and there's nothing to vote for. can't we at least have some initiatives and referenda?

Let's see . . . there's:
-- a statewide ballot issue on whether to allow casinos to be built in Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus and Toledo
-- another statewide issue about forming a board to oversee farm animal issues
-- two competing county-issues, one on whether to replace the existing county commission with an elected county executive and switch to a charter form of government and another on whether to form a committee to explore whether to do the other thing
-- a 10-year, 1.9 mill levy issue for Cuyahoga Community College
-- local council and school board races in Cleveland Heights.

Haven't voted yet, will go after work.

Voting today on whether or not to booze up this dry town. Tried it five years ago, failed by 50 votes.

Won by 500 this time! Wooo!