A foray into political endorsements
For all Jacqueline Mackie Paisley Passey for Washington Secretary of State. She’s the only one of the three candidates openly supporting Instant Runoff Voting, which seems to me to be the best way to vote for whom you feel would do the best job, rather than holding your nose and voting for one candidate because you’re afraid the other one will win.
Besides, I’m pretty sure I’ve heard both of the others refer to “my opponent” in political ads. Note the singular. If they don’t know who they’re running against, do we want them running the elections in the state? (I could be wrong on this: I haven’t heard these ads lately.)
Update: Oops, I forgot the other big reason I was supporting her: she feels, as I do, that it is absolutely critical that there be a voter-verified paper trail for any electronic voting machines. It’s way too easy to hack computers to show the vote totals you want.
Posted by Garrett on October 31st, 2004 in Uncategorized | No Comments
