I voted today and for the first time ever, I had a problem, and they had to spoil my ballot.
Everything seemed ok, but when I put the ballot into the box, the ink on one of the votes smeared and it counted as if I had voted for more than one choice. The judges looked at me and I sort of think they were hoping I'd say ok and move on--meaning that the particular vote that smeared would not count . Even though it was just that municipal utility bundling vote in Deerfield, I didn't say ok, forgetaboutit. I wanted to vote again. The judges were pretty nice even though I created more work for them. They went through the spoiled ballot procedure and let me try again. It seemed to work. I hope it worked.
In any event, it's probably no secret for whom I voted, but I'll put it out there for fun.
US Congress: John Tree
State Senate: Julie Morrison
I voted for the unopposed Democrats so as not to be part of an undervote: Scott Drury for State Rep., Mary Ellen Vanderventer for Recorder. I don't always vote for the unopposed candidates, but I wanted to contribute to these vote counts today.
For Lake County State's Attorney I was torn, but ended up voting for Chris Kennedy.
Remember to vote and watch out for those extra runny ink pens.
3 comments:
why were you torn about Chris Kennedy ? And why did you support Julie Morrison?
I voted for Julie Morrison because I know for a fact that she has done everything she says she has done in Deerfield. She works with our homeless disabled man, she helps people who have lost their jobs, she runs the food bank, she's worked to get grant money for the township, she's struggled with keeping down taxes while continuing on with programs in a pretty thankless job where most people want to do away with the branch of government. As for Chris, I was not sure his opponents were not just as qualified, or better qualified, but Chris has a good heart and has worked hard in Lake County for a long time.
Good vote for SA. My take...Matthews is part of the office that is corrupt and Williams has never seen the inside of a court-room as prosecutor or defense attorney.
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