desh ([personal profile] desh) wrote2005-11-08 12:46 pm

VOTE!

I just came back from voting.

There was one office for which no one was running. I wrote in myself. I figure it's a novel way to look for a job, if nothing else. We'll see if anything happens.

Never before have I voted in an election in which the ballot issue is the most important. Philadelphia's democratic machine has been running overtime lately, with a recent corruption trial, an even more recent resigning of a city councilman due to corruption charges, and just a general stench of pay-to-play (a fancy term for bribery, I suppose) all around the city. The ballot question in Philadelphia is a complicatedly-worded thing about reducing the possibility for future pay-to-play arrangements. Voting YES on that felt better than most candidates I've voted for in the past. (Excepting myself, of course.)

Go vote! I don't care where you live. If there are elections being held today, they're important. (Especially in New Jersey and Ohio, among other states.) Go, go, go!

[identity profile] conana.livejournal.com 2005-11-09 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
Pay to Play: No, bribery implies that the recipient actually does what you want. This sounds like taking money from both sides is standard. ("An honest politician is one who stays bought.")

One of my housemates wrote his parents in for Judge and Inspector of elections in Lower Merion. He figures if they win there's a conflict of interest, though.