Election information and links for those who would find it useful
Election Day: November 7, 2006. Polls open 6:00am to 6:00pm
Information you’ll need to vote (whether you’re registered, where your polling places are, etc.):
http://www.in.gov/sos/elections/ Official Ballot Candidate List:
http://www.in.gov/sos/elections/pdfs/AbbreviatedGeneralCandidateList.pdf Major Races:
United States Senator
· Steve Osborn (Libertarian)
· Richard G. Lugar (Republican)
· Jack H. Baldwin (Write-in Democrat)
· Mark Pool (Write-in Independent)
Secretary of State
· Joe Pearson (Democrat)
· Mike Kole (Libertarian)
· Todd Rokita (Republican)
· Bill Stand (Write-in Green)
Auditor of State
· Judy Anderson (Democrat)
· Time Berry (Republican)
Treasurer of State
· Michael W. Griffin
· Richard E. Mourdock
U.S. State Representative (District 4)
· Republican - Steve Buyer
· Democrat - David Sanders
U.S. State Representative (District 9)
· Baron P. Hill (Democrat)
· D. Eric Schansberg (Libertarian)
· Mike Sodrel (Republican)
· Donald W. Mantooth (Write-in Republican)
(note: This is one of the national swing races which will determine which party has control of the House. Your vote always counts, but your vote in this race could have massive repercussions. Do not aspire to mediocrity. Vote.)
NY Times breakdown of race:
http://www.nytimes.com/ref/washington/2006ELECTIONGUIDE.html?currentDataSet=senANALYSIS And Washington Post’s breakdown:
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/elections/keyraces/50/ Entire Ballot for Monroe County:
http://www.co.monroe.in.us/clerk/Candidates.html General Election Information:
Project Vote Smart (Basically, it’s a voter wiki. I’ve found to be a fairly balanced benchmark, and a good starting place to get to know candidates). Democratic Underground has a good list of candidates with links to their websites.
http://www.vote-smart.org/index.htmhttp://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_oet&address=358x1662 As near as I can tell, we don’t have any ballot measures we’re voting on, but you can check out some of the other states here:
http://www.iandrinstitute.org/BW%202006-3%20(November%20update).pdf Oh...also: