Every time an election comes up, I find myself cramming at the last minute to decide whom to vote against. Usually I don’t even know what races I’ll see on the ballot. Sometimes I don’t even know there’s an election until Tuesday! Now if I read the paper every day and attended public forums I’d be much better informed, but we slackers will never have a voice in politics unless we demand easy and transparent information about elections. Unfortunately, Pottawatomie County does not have a webpage and there is no simple way to be sure what will be on the ballot when I go into my polling place.
To rectify this situation, I asked my wife to stop by the County office and ask for sample ballots for our precinct (630003 in Shawnee, Oklahoma). I scanned them and posted them here. There’s a ballot for the city elections, and Karen (a registered Democrat) also picked up the Democratic primary ballot. Sorry, you’ll have to look elsewhere for the Republican ballot.
Jo Davis says:
Great idea Donald! One of the county commissioner (Sims) candidates would love to change the fact that Pottawatomie County does not have a web site. My watch party will be at Abuleta Rosa’s at 177 and 45th. We’d love to see you there.
26 June 2012, 06:14donald says:
Hi Jo–I just saw your comment. I’m sorry I missed the watch party and very sorry about the outcome. 🙁
4 July 2012, 19:32Donald Winslow's blog » Blog Archive » Slackers unite! says:
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