local voting - do you?

[mauvaise_etoile]

I keep meaning to post about this, but always forget when I'm on the computer! I'm curious, given how a majority of my f-list is pretty impassioned about politics, if y'all vote for your local elections also

Comments

[dead_sexydexy]

I try to vote locally every time too. Sometimes I neglect to check out certain positions and I won't vote if I know nothing about the candidates.

[canutius]

Well, like I said in my post, I tried to find info about the local things, but for some things, there wasn't any info available, so I left about three things open because I feel it's wrong to vote if you're uninformed.

No, you don't have to vote for everything because they have to give you a chance to abstain. You have the right to voice your unhappiness with all candidates by either writing in one yourself, or abstaining. It can be just as much of a statement as a vote.

Here I think most people do vote in the local elections. They also vote more often than they do in the States, but then it's easier here. All of this is changing though as people become more self-absorbed and care less about the community.

[spessartine]

I do, or at least I did while I was in the UK. I do feel less strongly about it, but I think it's important to have my say.

[miss_sophia]

I vote locally, although I typically know next to nothing about the candidates and issues. *is a terrible citizen* I just take the sample ballot the Democrats hand out and fill my ballot out according to it. I do try to read anything with an explanation, though. Like, if there's also a voter's guide, I'll read it, and if there's a proposition, I'll read the wording and try to understand what it says before I vote for or against it. I do think that the only thing worse than someone who doesn't vote is someone who votes ignorantly, so I'm also sort of a hypocrite. >> But I just don't feel right not voting. If, however, the vote is between Democrats only (e.g., no Republican is running), I'll either look up the candidates beforehand (1% of the time) or not vote at all (99% of the time, sadly).

*slinks off and thinks about checking out some voter's guide sites before Election Day*

[mollytype]

I vote in my local elections. Having school age kids, it's important to me to have a voice in who is on the school board. In that case I ask some teachers what they think- they usually have way more insight into those kinds of things