Aug 102010
Count me among the estimated 10% of eligible voters who voted in today’s primary. Holding a primary in August is a strange way to engage potential voters as politics is the furthest thing from most people’s minds at the moment. Kelliher earned my vote because she’s enough of a wonk to grasp the complexities inherent to issues like health care and taxation. And I’m not entirely comfortable with Dayton’s newfound populist evangelism, although it may be enough to put him over the top today. The structural nature of our deficit demands a more comprehensive solution than simply targeting the wealthy and Dayton seems unwilling to take a more nuanced approach. Then again, voters don’t generally reward nuance.
Election judging today a couple of us noticed we had very few voters with disabilities. And the disabilities we encountered were mostly people with developmental disabilities or mental illness from local group homes. We speculate that many people with disabilities are using the absentee ballot process over dealing with the volunteers at the polls. Thoughts on this?