There were a few abstentions on my ballot, and even after putting & the ballot & in the official yellow envelope and taking it down to the firestation to be counted, I had some lingering doubts about why we're going through this again.
I may not be alone: there were no other voters present & at the polling station I visited to drop off my ballot.
The local primaries for the Republican candidates for Congress and the State Assembly were both uncontested, and I voted for Nathan Fletcher for Assembly but couldn't bring myself to vote for Brian "Borderfence" Bilbray for Congress . Escondido has no local races or initiatives on the ballot this time around. The initiatives were & easy for me: No and No.
The only real questionsfor me were on the judges' races , and even here I'm not & going to let any of those candidates know how I voted. &
For me, this was a nothing election. February was a big one. November will be huge, both & for national and statewide issues. This one? Interesting, especially given some of the San Diego city races. But since I can't & vote for those positions while I live in Escondido, the interest remains purely academic, and nothing I can get excited about.
I'll watch the returns tonight, but with more interest in developments in Montana and South Dakota than in the California winners and losers. & For me it's time to move on to the next phase, and the battles that matter in November.
-Citizen Voices blogger Chuck Hartley is an attorney who lives in Escondido.
