Have you participated in early voting yet? You still have some time to get some early voting in if you don’t want to spend the day Tuesday in crowds. The volunteers camping outside of the Board of Election building can help guide you and give information if you aren’t sure what to do / who to vote.
The big item is the proposed constitutional amendment regarding homosexual marriage. The Ballot reads this exactly: “Marriage between one man and one woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be valid or recognized in this state.”. But the actual amendment also includes an additional line that will be added, that is not on the ballot. The additional line reads “This section does not prohibit a private party from entering into contracts with another private party; nor does this section prohibit courts from adjudicating the rights of private parties pursuant to such contracts.”
If you vote “For” you are voting to block homosexual marriage. If you vote “Against” you are voting to approve homosexual marriage.
The second line is what many are arguing about, and it seems that even the lawyers are still not sure what exactly that second line means and how it will affect people. (read more)
If you haven’t noticed, we have a poll on our site in the right hand sidebar to get your opinion. As of this writing, “Against” is winning 63% of the votes. Our poll will end on Tuesday night as well so get your votes in before hand.
Any last minute discussion regarding the candidates?
By presidential proclamation, this month recognizes one of the nation’s fastest-growing population groups — those of Asian and Pacific American heritage. The observance began in 1978 with a joint congressional resolution honoring the arrival of the first Japanese immigrants in the 1840s and the completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1870 with the help of Chinese immigrants. Now, 17.3 million people in the U.S. are of Asian heritage, approaching 6 percent of the total population. California has the largest number of this group, at more than 5.5 million. Hawaii is the state where Asians make up the highest proportion of the total population at 57 percent. You can find these and more facts about America from the U.S. Census Bureau, online at www.census.gov.
Discuss and more on they Open Lines!
I certainly have participated in early voting. Doing so is a very good experience as is voting in general. Yes, I was given a piece of paper that “informed” me as to who I should vote for. That document was balled-up and thrown away on the way in to the voting area. Nobody needs a piece of paper to tell them how to cast their ballot. If you do not inform yourself on the issues and the candidates first, do not rely on someone to tell you how to exercise your constitutional right. Vote early and bring a friend along with you!
Hate to see the handouts too, but i talked to two indidviduals today who could not tell me who they voted for in a particular race, but did say they think they used the paper. Oh well, so much for an informed populace…