What's your favorite California voter guide? A quick search turned up http://www.examiner.com/democra... and http://newspunksf.wordpress.com/2010... but I bet there are others. Also, please remember to vote YES on 19 :)
Oyunlar1,
Chatsohbet,
eugenio,
Stephen Mack,
chaz2b,
Dan Hsiao,
Mr. Gunn,
Laura Norvig,
Scoble, Alex Scoble,
and
April Buchheit
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http://sdgln.com/files...
- Laura Norvig
I'm on the fence on propositions 20 and 27. On one hand, gerrymandering is evil. On the other hand, "nonpartisan commission" is legalese for "useless bureaucracy". Discuss.
- Tudor Bosman
I'm baffled by the judge votes on my ballot. I know absolutely nothing about any of them.
- Shannon Jiménez
I like http://ballotpedia.org/ for info about the propositions.
- Michael Lodick
I second Tudor's suggestion of www.peterates.com, they guy has solid arguments and seems pretty non-partisan. Any good suggestions for the SF propositions?
- Nick Baum
Seconding smartvoter. Good.is also had a surprisingly good guide to the candidates in the major races this year.
- Mr. Gunn
Shannon - just look at their endorsements on smartvoter & that can tell you a lot. The primaries in my area had a bunch of totally unqualified judges all endorsed by some weird front group. You can also check Wikipedia for decisions (for the bigger races)
- Mr. Gunn
Tudor, I think the "useless bureaucracy" argument is cover for democrats not wanting to lose the ability to draw the lines. Pete's summary seems good, "Prop 20 will transfer the job of drawing Congressional districts from the state Legislature to the independent Citizens Redistricting Commission created by Prop 11 in 2008. This will eliminate tortured gerrymanders like those we have today, resulting in fewer "automatic" districts for both parties. This will probably reduce Democrats' current 34-19 advantage, so if all you care about is maximizing the number of Democrats we send to Washington, vote "no". However, if you care about fairness and accountability, this is your prop." - http://www.peterates.com/props-1...
- Paul Buchheit
I think I'll go with Pete's recommendations (http://www.peterates.com/props-1...), except maybe yes on the parks thing (even though his argument is reasonable, I really like the ca parks).
- Paul Buchheit
Paul: that's exactly how I voted too. Pete's recommendations, except that I voted Yes on prop 21.
- Tudor Bosman