MOCO Board of Elections Mail in Ballot

mpollan1 · May 18, 2020

Just got this in the mail.

Official Ballot
Presidential Primary Election

Two sets of names for Board of Education At Large and Board of Education District 4.

Is this MOCO being libtard indicating "Presidential Primary Election" or am I being dense and perhaps a bit paranoid that this is setting up/testing the waters for something more sinister for November.

Please put my mind at ease, or at least this facet.

Mark

StantonCree · May 18, 2020

YangGang 2020

I got mine too

MaxVO2 · May 18, 2020

*****Got mine as well. Voting for Bernie, and hoping he picks Stacy Abrams (the tank!) as his running mate. The WaPo just had a great article on her with a pic of her in a cape, like Batman !!! Campaign song: Ebony and Ivory...

Yang is really popular here in MoCo as well.

And, yea. I get the feeling MoCo is testing the waters for the general.

motorcoachdoug · May 19, 2020

StantonCree said:
YangGang 2020

I got mine too

I got mine three :party29:

mpollan1 · May 19, 2020

But what the eff is it for? The actual ballot/names I received is for Board of Education but indicates Presidential Primary on the header of said ballot. You gents get something different than I?

Dingo3 · May 19, 2020

mpollan1 said:
But what the eff is it for? The actual ballot/names I received is for Board of Education but indicates Presidential Primary on the header of said ballot. You gents get something different than I?

If one is registered as an Independent, the primary ballot is only for school board type stuff. Could that be the case?

mpollan1 · May 19, 2020

I am a registered Independent. Allowing my ignorance to shine through here but why as an independent do I not get to vote in the primary? Seems odd but sooo many things seem that way to me.

Occam · May 19, 2020

mpollan1 said:
But what the eff is it for? The actual ballot/names I received is for Board of Education but indicates Presidential Primary on the header of said ballot. You gents get something different than I?

If you ain't an o-fisshal D or R, then all you get is those couple of school board choices. That said, it still matters. Remember, you've got some of them who are all for Making Things Equal by busing kids out of prosperous neighborhoods and shipping them to squalid ones (because that's somehow going to make the kids who live in rougher neighborhoods go home and study more every day, or make their parents more invested in getting their kids to stop giving their teachers grief?) ... and some are opposed to such crap.

It's mostly hair-splitting when it comes to school board people in MoCo, but that's one topic that seriously, for a change, differentiates the candidates. Guys like Stephen Austin are worth supporting, if for no other reason than that he seems to make the local SJW Karens insane.

Occam · May 19, 2020

mpollan1 said:
I am a registered Independent. Allowing my ignorance to shine through here but why as an independent do I not get to vote in the primary? Seems odd but sooo many things seem that way to me.

Because unless you're a member of a party, you don't get to have a say in that party's private business. In this case, the private business of choosing from among their own ranks who they want to put forth as a candidate in the general election this fall. Political parties are just private groups, so they get to say who can play a role in representing them in an election.

Dingo3 · May 19, 2020

Occam said:
Because unless you're a member of a party, you don't get to have a say in that party's private business. In this case, the private business of choosing from among their own ranks who they want to put forth as a candidate in the general election this fall. Political parties are just private groups, so they get to say who can play a role in representing them in an election.

That pretty much sums it up. That’s why it’s important to register with a party; so you can help choose who (or who’s not) put forth in November for all to choose.

tallen702 · May 19, 2020

mpollan1 said:
I am a registered Independent. Allowing my ignorance to shine through here but why as an independent do I not get to vote in the primary? Seems odd but sooo many things seem that way to me.

Dingo3 said:
That pretty much sums it up. That’s why it’s important to register with a party; so you can help choose who (or who’s not) put forth in November for all to choose.

Which, in this state, it is extremely important as a republican to switch affiliation in incumbent years like this to vote as a Democrat. You'd better believe my "vote" is going to someone other than the chosen Dem right now.

Interestingly enough, my wife is registered Dem, but she didn't get a ballot in the mail while I did.....

erwos · May 19, 2020

Does anyone have a list of who I should vote for on the school board? (Note: I send my kids to private school.)

Dingo3 · May 19, 2020

erwos said:
Does anyone have a list of who I should vote for on the school board? (Note: I send my kids to private school.)

In MoCo? Not sure now since moving to Fredneck a couple years ago. I used to always vote for Mrs. Darrow (forget her first name) cause she was my high school Home Ec teacher. She was always on the Republican primary ballot.

mpollan1 · May 19, 2020

Thanks for the education. I'll be playing the affiliation shell game going forward.

tallen702 · May 29, 2020

Bump for suggestion:

When it came to voting for school board folks, I did the research and there are several who are pro "keep schools local" and "no easy A." I made sure to vote for them and against the incumbents. Given the redistricting threat recently, I would be surprised to see the board stay the same when the general is done.

Stephen M · May 29, 2020

For local school boards, I've found the League of Women Voters guides to be useful. The send all candidates the same list of questions and publish their responses, verbatim, all in one place. I honestly find it more useful than candidate's websites or a debate.

https://www.lwvmd.org/2020_voters_guides

Scroll down for the Montgomery County guide. This direct link may or may not work:

https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.n...y_Expanded_VG_English__webRev2.pdf?1588901614

rseymorejr · May 29, 2020

When in doubt, Vote 'em out!

JerseyMike · May 29, 2020

Finally got mine. Imo the only votes that matter are for the school board. I’m going to switch to independent, pretty disgusted with both parties at this point. Yeh, I can’t vote in primaries but the Democrats are going to force the establishment candidates and the Republicans became a solid no go after Trump.

TheBert · May 29, 2020

motorcoachdoug said:
I got mine three

You only have two dead relatives?

JohnnyE · May 30, 2020

Never received mine. I thought there were going to be a few in-person poll locations in MoCo but I cannot find any information about that.

Does anyone have any ideas?

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