Comments on: Ohio complete: Good luck with the voting http://walt.lishost.org/2011/11/ohio-complete-good-luck-with-the-voting/ The library voice of the radical middle. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:23:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Michael Golrick http://walt.lishost.org/2011/11/ohio-complete-good-luck-with-the-voting/comment-page-1/#comment-71987 Michael Golrick Wed, 09 Nov 2011 20:53:50 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=3412#comment-71987 Or some states (well, one anyway), has its elections on Saturdays.

I am not clear (yet) on how Louisiana chooses its dates. Our primaries are “open” which means that if two or more people are running, regardless of affiliation or not, they start in the open primary. If you win 50% of the vote +1, you are declared the winner. (So if only two are running, there is always a winner from the primary.) This year, the incumbent governor had seven or eight opponents, yet he still gathered about 2/3 of the vote. That means he was (re-)elected. The primary was held on October 22.

Our general election will be on November 19. It is sort of good news in New Orleans, since the Saints don’t play that week. Or is it bad news because people will be out of town and many events are scheduled for the “bye” weekend? I know I will both vote and go to a neighborhood festival that day!

Oh, and for the federal elections (like President), we do vote on the same day as everyone else.

]]> By: Stephen Michael Kellat http://walt.lishost.org/2011/11/ohio-complete-good-luck-with-the-voting/comment-page-1/#comment-71957 Stephen Michael Kellat Tue, 08 Nov 2011 20:59:53 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=3412#comment-71957 Issue 2 is a state-wide issue that impacts public sector employment here including most libraries. That is a big one beyond the levies.

I voted earlier, thankfully, as I am on the road today.

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