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02 November 2006 @ 11:16 am
 
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.htm
http://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:

 
 
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( 2 comments — Post a new comment )
d_c_m[info]d_c_m on November 2nd, 2006 05:08 pm (UTC)

Do not aspire to mediocrity. Vote.

Amen, sister, Amen!!!
The Swan[info]swan_tower on November 7th, 2006 03:27 pm (UTC)
I didn't realize you were doing NaNoWriMo!

Oh, yeah, and political stuff. <g> Thanks for the rundown.