![]() Her other opponent's rational for his candidacy is "vote for me, I'm a businessman and a lawyer" - he thinks he's qualified so that should be enough, right? No experience in actually doing the job for which he wants your vote so. Her endorsements include labor groups, women's groups, LGBTQ equality groups, and even a pro-marijuana group, which, considering two of her challengers are from two different pro-pot legalization parties, is kinda interesting. She has a background in both labor and education. Neither of their opponents has a website with any information, and what information I could find on them didn't persuade me that they'd be a better choice or more in line with my own views and values, so these were two more easy votes for me.įirst of all, Blaha's already in the job and doing the job. I looked at their websites, their stands on the issues, and the groups endorsing them, and that sold me. I voted for Omar Fateh for State Senate and Hodan Hassan for State House in the primary as well. she's running unopposed for re-election.īut thankfully, I reviewed her website and she seems perfectly fine, no red flags, no reasons not to vote for her - her record, her views, her endorsements, it all lines up with what I'm looking for when sorting through candidates. So, Conley's an interesting case because. George Soros on your conspiracy theory bingo card? you win!), so I'llĪlso put up his government profile page (there's more info there anyway)īruce D. ![]() With the usual unfortunate nonsense in the comments (did you have ![]() Paul Scoggin, 4th Judicial District, Court 45, has a facebook page Hilary Lindell Caligiuri, 4th Judicial District, Court 41 Tamara Garcia, 4th Judicial District, Court 7 Here's some links to the judges I had on my ballot: So if, like me, you like to know a bit more about how you're voting for before filling in the oval on the ballot, even if they're just running unopposed anyway, try that "Judge Minnesota" trick with the search engine, and one of the results that pops up will be a page from - and that's the judge's official page with the state government. So that's reassuring as well.Īnd some of them have interesting little tidbits like "does community theater" which make them seem a bit more human. There's a Judicial Selection Panel that makes recommendations to the governor.Īlso the judges aren't in for life, they have terms that end and then they need to run for re-election, like a lot of these judges on the ballot are doing now. I also learned from the judges who did post their own websites, that the governor doesn't just pull judge names out of thin air or anything. Why doesn't the Minnesota Secretary of State website ballot tool link to these like they do other candidate pages? I figure it's probably because it's another official government website, so it looks like the government is endorsing a candidate, and so they don't want to do that? I kind of get that logic, but it's a shame, because all the information is super helpful, and very reassuring, even for the judges who were appointed by governors I didn't vote for and pretty strongly disagree with. So you can see what their education and experience is, and which governor appointed them, etc. However, I finally had the idea, "Well, what if I just type 'Judge NAME Minnesota' and see what happens?"Īnd guess what, apparently the state of Minnesota maintains a website about the judicial system with information on ALL the judges. I don't feel great voting about someone I know nothing about.Ī lot of these judge candidates don't have campaign websites, or if they do have a site, it's just a squatter site from GoDaddy or something, so that they have the URL and some weirdo can't snatch it up and post a bunch of untrue nonsense about them. In the years when there is an opponent, they normally both have campaign websites and it's pretty easy to figure out who the person with a functioning brain and experience is, and who's the whackadoo you don't want anywhere near a position of power and authority. Now, at least on my Minneapolis ballot, none of the many judges listed on the ballot (over 30 of them?!) had an opponent. ![]() It's amazingly helpful forĭoing your homework on who to vote for (and who NOT to vote for). ![]() You live and vote, and if there are candidate websites, it gives you the Shows you everyone running for each office that's on your ballot where Including how to register on the day you vote, if you haven't already The Minnesota Secretary of State's website has all the information you need to vote, Last day to vote is Election Day on Tuesday 11/8. ![]()
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