A Night on the Line

Saturday, October 28, 2006

My votes in the '06 Florida general election

Being that I am located on the other side of country from my home in Florida, I voted via an absentee ballot this year. Here's a sample ballot for my county and here are the votes that I recorded:

(1) United States Senator: Belinda Noah (NPA)
(2) Representative in Congress, District 7: John L. Mica (REP)
(3) Governor and Lieutenant Governor: Charlie Crist; John Kottkamp (REP)
(4) Attorney General: Bill McCollum (REP)
(5) Chief Financial Officer: Tom Lee (REP)
(6) Commissioner of Agriculture: Charles H. Bronson (REP)
(7) County Commissioner, District 2: Mark L. Belas (REP)
County Commissioner, District 4: Ed Taylor (DEM)
(8) Retain Justice of the Supreme Court, R. Fred Lewis?: NO
Retain Justice of the Supreme Court, Barbara Joan Pariente?: NO
Retain Justice of the Supreme Court, Peggy A. Quince?: NO
Retain District Court of Appeal, Justice Emerson R. Thompson?: NO
(9) Circuit Judge, 7th Judicial Circuit, Group 27: Luis Bustamante
(10) No. 1 Constitutional Amendment: YES
(11) No. 3 Constitutional Amendment: YES
(12) No. 4 Constitutional Amendment: NO
(13) No. 6 Constitutional Amendment: YES
(14) No. 7 Constitutional Amendment: YES
(15) No. 8 Constitutional Amendment: YES
(16) Superintendent of Public Schools: NO

Methodology:
(1) I dislike the incumbent, Democratic Senator Bill Nelson, and I dislike the Republican candidate, Katherine Harris. Therefore, I voted for an independent conservative candidate: Belinda Noah. Harris has no chance in beating Nelson, anyways, so why should I vote for my party's candidate, of whom I dislike? By voting for Noah, I am thus registering my disgust at the Republican Party for their lack of sense in nominating a candidate.
(2) John Mica has been a good conservative in Congress and has been responsive to the concerns of his constituents. His opponent, Democrat John Chagnon, is too left-wing for my taste.
(3) I dislike Republican Charlie Crist, who is too liberal on immigration, and I strongly dislike his opponent, Democrat Jim Davis, who is basically a socialist supported by every minority and special interest group possible. I wanted to vote for the conservative Reform Party candidate, Max Linn, to register my opposition to the Republican's choice of candidate, but out of fear that a socialist may be able to slip in behind our backs, I reluctantly registered my vote for Crist.
(4) I voted for Bill McCollum, whom I have supported in every election since I first began voting. The Republican Party never gives this man enough support, and it's about time this good, strong conservative, got a chance.
(5) Tom Lee is Jeb Bush's choice of candidates, and since Jeb has done such a good job as a governor in regards to the budget, I trust him on this. What was Jeb thinking when he chose Crist!?
(6) Charles Bronson is the obvious choice for this position.
(7) These are local elections that I'm sure none of you care about.
(8) I voted against retainment of any of these judges because they are all left-liberals and oppose many issues that I hold dear, such as school vouchers. In particular, all three of those Supreme Court justices joined to shoot down Florida's voucher program.
(9) Again, local stuff.
(10) This amendment would bring greater efficiency and eliminate waste and fraud in many state programs. For that reason I support it.
(11) This amendment would make it harder to amend the state constitution, a measure I greatly support. Too often special interests with agendas that should be dealt with at the legislative level skip the process altogether, especially when they know it will never muster, and trick voters into voting for amendments that support them, like regulating types of pig farming (from the 2002 election). I voted YES for that reason.
(12) This is a perfect example of the kind of special interest amendment that I just described. NO!
(13) I voted YES for this. It modifies an existing constitutional provision and is effectively a tax cut.
(14) Again, I voted YES because this modifies an existing constitutional provision and cuts taxes (this time just for those who have lived in Florida their entire lives, not just everybody; an overall plus in a state that is rapidly becoming overpopulated).
(15) YES! This makes it impossible for government to use eminent domain laws to enrich private persons or public entities for tax collection purposes.
(16) NO! This is just what we don't need: unions with more power.

1 Comments:

At 6:05 PM, Blogger Arcane said...

Thank you!

 

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