MY BOGGY BLOG: find your way through the murk

Drat, Not Again

Today was the day for the Primary Election, and I was really really trying to be an informed voter this time. Mainly I went to vote because the Minneapolis School Board had people up for re-election and newbies trying to take the slots. I haven't been impressed at all with our school board, am disappointed in fact. So I wanted to find out who to vote for ahead of time, so I wouldn't just go and stare at the ballot, and end up voting for people whose names sound "nice."

Well, darn it, it turned out to be very difficult to find out the information I needed. I looked all over the Internet and tried to find ot the names that would be on the ballot, and I really couldn't find anything. I ended up finding what I thought was a helpful article, with names of at least Republican-supported candidates and DFS-supported candidates. I wrote down the DFS ones and took the paper to the polls. Well, wouldn't you know, none of these names were on the ballot at all-- how did I get this mixed up? I ended doing the nice-name-vote thing again. Very frustrating.

So where can I find just some basic information about who will be on local ballots and some facts about the candidates, for any race? I guess I have two months to try and find some answers... but if anyone knows where to look, drop me an email!