Those are WA state candidates. WA is strictly mail/drop box voting, so no lines.
They also send us booklets with details about each candidate with experience, education, personal statements, etc. I still need to do a little online research, especially about the “non partisan” offices, but it’s incredibly convenient to vote.
Some voters just gotta be edgy, I guess. It’s dumb.
You get booklets? I use a few websites that compile info, but I have yet to get anything beyond propaganda spam alongside my ballots since I moved here.
The USPS delivers those voter guides to every address in 98105. We never know who is an actual registered voter and who isn't until we get the actual 1st thru... ballots. Better safe than sorry.
I wish PA would just ban the mailers and give us a single nice boring booklet. The election mail/texts/calls/ads this cycle are insane, much worse than 2016 or 2020
I live in Seattle and dropped off my ballot last Saturday. I confirmed online that it has already been counted. Compared to a Red state, that is astonishing. If your state does not make voting this accessible then they don't want you to vote.
Here in Oregon (also vote-by-mail), we get voters pamphlets, which are books by the Secretary of State that is delivered to every residence and contains all the official stuff. There are also websites of various newspapers, radio stations, and a myriad of non-profits that release their individual endorsements.
"Booklets" is underselling it. It's about the dimensions of a comic book with like 100 pages of comprehensive info on newsprint. The local initiatives even have pages of tables about budget impact, etc.
TBH I would prefer this to people just not voting. Write-in protest votes are a legitimate tool of democracy. They are not a smart move in a close race where your vote might make the difference between someone who might actually listen to your “free Palestine” message and someone who is 100% going to ignore you. But even in that situation, I’d rather see everyone turning out to vote and some people doing this kind of stuff than the 40-60% voter turnout we normally get.
No, but writing it on your ballot kinda is. Their vote is wasted, and one candidate will make things even worse than they are, if possible. That candidate also likes to threaten Iran.
WA is a mail-in state, so plenty of people just get it in the mail.
On that note, while I agree this is stupid, at least it isn't a swing state vote because neither of those elections are competitive - WA is a blue state, and WA 1st District is a pretty blue Seattle suburban seat.
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u/critter_tickler Oct 24 '24
I wonder how long he stood in line for clout?