Recently a reader pointed out to me the importance of planning your voting on April 5 in the upcoming municipal and other local elections.
For example, in the Woodstock municipal election for City Council. There are several candidates and only three seats open. When you vote, you'll see "Vote for 3".
Well, maybe you don't want to vote for three, even though you could. You don't have to vote for three. And might voting for three keep your candidate from winning one of the coveted three spots?
The same thought applies for any election where there are more candidates than spots open.
Let's say that you really want one candidate to win. OK, so you vote for him.
But there are three seats open, so you vote for two more. Maybe you don't know them. Maybe you don't really care if they win or not.
If you vote for one of those others, you might just add your vote to the pile that lets that candidate eke out the spot above your candidate. If you hadn't voted for that person because you really didn't care whether that person won or not, your vote for the candidate you wanted might have helped him win. Confused yet?
If you don't vote for those two "others", then they will have fewer votes; and your candidate has a better chance.
Municipal races are often close. Give your candidate the best chance!
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3 months ago
2 comments:
Vote for only those whom you do know and approve of! Voting for those you have no legitimate knowledge of just "cheapens" your vote. Unless that is, you think a "crapshoot" is a valid means by which you decide who the boss of you is, and the money of yours they'll vote for you to spend on ther Quixotic quests!
"Back in the day", in Cook County, a single vote for a "vote for 3" ballot proposition would give that single candidate all 3 of your votes. That was referred to as a "bullet". It was a particularly effective means by which the citizenry were sure to elect an otherwise unknown or unsupported "party" candidate as a "reformer" to office.
That is no longer the case in either Cook and McHenry Counties.
However, the logic still remains true. By voting for only the one candidate you're familiar with, and thus denying your remaining two votes to those you aren't familiar with, you still fire a "bullet" for the candidate you DO know and support.
By additionally voting for those candidates you are unfamiliar with, you only increase the chances that the candidate(s) that you DO KNOW and DO APPROVE of might NOT get elected!
Vote ONLY for those you know!!!!!!!
Nobody else has to know or will know who you vote or not vote for! It's your franchise - you're the boss. Take advantage of YOUR prerogative, Your rights.
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