Comments on: Reactions to Voting http://www.davidjmiller.org/2006/reactions-to-voting/ Recording Bits and Pieces of Heaven in Theory and Practice Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:18:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Miller » Blog Archive » Straight Party Tickets http://www.davidjmiller.org/2006/reactions-to-voting/comment-page-1/#comment-7894 David Miller » Blog Archive » Straight Party Tickets Tue, 01 Apr 2008 04:01:18 +0000 http://www.davidjmiller.org/reactions-to-voting/#comment-7894 [...] thinking about the importance of voting my mind led me back to a personal belief that voting a straight party ticket with one mark is a bad thing for government. I have nothing against someone choosing to cast all their votes for one party, but [...] [...] thinking about the importance of voting my mind led me back to a personal belief that voting a straight party ticket with one mark is a bad thing for government. I have nothing against someone choosing to cast all their votes for one party, but [...]

]]> By: David http://www.davidjmiller.org/2006/reactions-to-voting/comment-page-1/#comment-141 David Wed, 08 Nov 2006 03:48:00 +0000 http://www.davidjmiller.org/reactions-to-voting/#comment-141 I hope the straight ticket option gets removed in Utah soon.<br /><br />I wonder how willing you would have to be for the Republicans in your county to support you in a run, or the Democrats in my county to support me in a run?<br /><br />This sounds like the county level of government is small enough to not receive much attention and large enough that few people want to run for the offices.<br /><br />It's interesting to hear that my county is not alone. I hope the straight ticket option gets removed in Utah soon.

I wonder how willing you would have to be for the Republicans in your county to support you in a run, or the Democrats in my county to support me in a run?

This sounds like the county level of government is small enough to not receive much attention and large enough that few people want to run for the offices.

It’s interesting to hear that my county is not alone.

]]> By: Jason http://www.davidjmiller.org/2006/reactions-to-voting/comment-page-1/#comment-142 Jason Wed, 08 Nov 2006 00:39:00 +0000 http://www.davidjmiller.org/reactions-to-voting/#comment-142 Straight ticket voting was just removed as an option in Missouri. I like it.<br /><br />Your experience with unopposed candidates was similar to mine - every county office has one candidate (the incumbent). In every case the office holder is a Democrat. Based on my experience working in politics, I can say that the parties always <i>want</i> to run a candidate, but can't always find a willing accomplice. I agree that it's always best to have opposition in any election. Voters should always have a choice. Straight ticket voting was just removed as an option in Missouri. I like it.

Your experience with unopposed candidates was similar to mine – every county office has one candidate (the incumbent). In every case the office holder is a Democrat. Based on my experience working in politics, I can say that the parties always want to run a candidate, but can’t always find a willing accomplice. I agree that it’s always best to have opposition in any election. Voters should always have a choice.

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