Californians

[cos]

You probably know already, but just in case: Today is primary day.

I'd direct the same comment to Montanans but I think the only one who read my LJ moved to Seattle.
(But I wish Jon Tester the best of luck in his primary for US Senate.)

For Californians, I'd like to strongly recommend Deborah Bowen for Secretary of State. She's the only elected official in California who challenged the certification of the Diebold touchscreen voting machines, she authored the California Senate Bill mandating a voter verified paper trail, the grassroots groups in California I pay attention to all say she listens to them, and she's been endorsed by DFA. Apparently polls show her in a dead heat with her opponent in the primary, so it might be very close.

[ Update: Victory! Both of the grassroots-supported candidates I mentioned won. Jon Tester and Debra Bowen both started far behind their primary opponents in the polls (20 points or more), but reached to almost even in the week before the election, and both won with over 60% of the vote while their opponents were in the high 30's. Tester is now the Democratic nominee for US Senate in Montana, and Bowen is now the Democratic nominee for Secretary of State in California. I think both of them will win their general elections in November, and that this Tuesday's decision was the truly important one for both of those offices. ]

Comments

[griffinick.livejournal.com]

She got my vote.

[ellipticcurve.livejournal.com]

Heck yes!

FTR, I'm voting YES on 81 and 82 (libraries and universal preschool, respectively) and urge my fellow Californians to do the same. Only thus can we remake California into an intellectual juggernaut that will crush the world with the weight of our mighty brains.

If they let me have a Dem ballot (I'm registered indie), I'll reluctantly vote Westly for guv. I think both he and Angelides are twits, but Westly is the one who's NOT the party apparatchik.

[gconnor.livejournal.com]

Ah, too bad, I actually voted yesterday. CA now has a much more welcoming, sane vote-by-mail policy. I didn't vote for anyone I didn't already know, but my sweetie said she voted for all the women she could. I'm not sure whether she voted for "Debra" or "Deborah" since the two were running against each other. sigh.

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Thanks for the pointer.

That reminds me, we should natter about practical politics the next time we're in the same space.