Tuesday Top of Mind 11/7/23-VOTE!!!!!!!!!

Today is voting day.

Although you might not think it is important, decisions are being decided across the country that are important. Like very important.

Like a woman having bodily autonomy in Ohio important. As they seek to protect abortion rights in the state constitution.

I mean they are also voting to legalize marijuana in Ohio. They should get some people out to vote for that.

Or keeping extra taxes that exceed the monies expected to fund preschool education. Capital idea.

Or giving people whose rights have been disenfranchised illegally the ability to vote again. This is Maine where there is an already declared illegal state provision on the books that says some people who are under guardianship cannot vote. This was declared illegal in 2001 by a federal court. To this put in perspective, Britney Spears, if she had lived in Maine while under guardianship of her father, would not have been allowed to vote.

Also in Maine, there is a measure to ban foreign spending on elections on candidates or ballot measures. This also is already illegal federally, locally, and state, but this expands direction to radio, television, or print to set up policies to prevent publication of communications bought with foreign money.

There is a county in Texas where the ballot measure is to disband the county treasurer. This is not the first, and the treasurer himself is telling people to vote for it. To me it is wiser to follow the money. But I don’t live in Texas. Heck, I won’t even visit Texas with its current political climate. That is just me being wise with my spending money and not willing to spend it on a state that doesn’t think I am a whole person.

Locally, the Democrats got burned last state legislative session by a Democrat suddenly deciding she was a Republican. This is awful because it tipped the balance in the state house of representatives to be a veto proof margin for Republicans. I am not sure if I have written about this before but I have some friends who voted for her and are PISSED! Apparently, the Republicans are trying this wolf in lamb’s clothing gambit again with 3 school board candidates whose money people are 1) the same person and 2) Republican based.

See, follow the money.

And if you cheat to win an election and no one notices, what does that say about the populace?

Or about you?

Yeah, it’s not the BIG election year where the country chooses a president. It doesn’t mean it isn’t as important.

If you haven’t voted early, take a few minutes and vote today.

Early voters in my county were more than 40,000.

You will need photo ID to vote.

Yeah, that disenfranchises people who can’t afford a photo ID.

But that is and has been the plan for “fraud” that doesn’t exist for years and years and years.

But that is another Top of Mind.

Polls close at 1930.