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Write in Warriors, come out to play | Minneapolis Metblogs — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:38:13 +0000

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By: John T. Hoffoss

John T. Hoffoss — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:00:40 +0000

Thanks for posting this. I wish I would’ve found this a week ago so I could go through all of it. I looked for over an hour to try to find a “sample ballot” page last night and failed. Grr.

Also, Art: I don’t disagree with you, but I wanted to point out that the ability to elect your judge is part of our state’s constitution. Just sayin’

Greg: If everyone voted like that, we’d be electing Hedlund and Tinglestad. Check those links for why you might consider that a bad thing. I opt for your method if I know nothing: I don’t select a candidate.

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 23:46:59 +0000

When I voted this morning I left the entire back of the ballot — where all the judges were — blank. I did my homework on our local mayoral candidates and the U.S. and state congress races, but I have no business selecting judges on anything but funny names. My wife always votes for anyone but the incumbent, figuring she should shake up the system. Not that I agree with that, but what if everyone voted like that all the time?

By: Erica Mauter

Erica Mauter — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:13:12 +0000

That makes sense, Art. I’m considering only casting votes in the contested judicial races and abstaining from voting for all the unopposed judges.

By: Art

Art — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:18:11 +0000

I do not plan to vote for any judges. One thing my political science degree taught me is exactly why judges are (or should be) appointed and not elected: because if they’re elected, there becomes a chance that they will begin to rule with an eye towards November. And I think that is dangerous.

By: Ang

Ang — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:03:41 +0000

It’s odd to me that they would ask the Soil & Water Supervisor candidates to vote on “tax-payer funded abortions”, “tax-payer funded obscene art” and “gay adoption of children”.

Also, “gay adoption of children”? I’m having trouble with the grammar in that one.