So, since the last election, I moved one county over. So, not far as these things go, but I wasn't sure if I was going to be in the same districts for the US legislature or not. So I went looking for sample ballots.
They weren't hard to find for my current location. (Easier than for my old one, in fact.) Turns out I'm in the same ones for the national stuff. Okay.
But as for the local elections... well, I'd gone digging through the more detailed election results for Iowa in 2012, and noticed a whole lot of the elections for state offices were uncontested. Which is the case this year for three out of five here.
And then there's the 'nonpartisan offices'*. There's a "vote for no more than two" with two names. "No more than four" with four. But the most dramatic would have to be the one for "Soil and Water Conservation District". Vote for no more than three... with one name listed. I'm gonna have to look that one up, I want to know if there'll be a whole bunch of names that get one vote listed.
*I have no idea how nonpartisan they actually are.
The thing is, I'm in a not the most densely populated county (I think) of a not the most densely populated state. So I don't know what of several possible things to put this down to. A lack of interest in these positions? Areas where one party has an overwhelming advantage that no one is interested in challenging? Something else?
So, is your ballot full of holes? And if so, why do you think that is?
-Morgan.
They weren't hard to find for my current location. (Easier than for my old one, in fact.) Turns out I'm in the same ones for the national stuff. Okay.
But as for the local elections... well, I'd gone digging through the more detailed election results for Iowa in 2012, and noticed a whole lot of the elections for state offices were uncontested. Which is the case this year for three out of five here.
And then there's the 'nonpartisan offices'*. There's a "vote for no more than two" with two names. "No more than four" with four. But the most dramatic would have to be the one for "Soil and Water Conservation District". Vote for no more than three... with one name listed. I'm gonna have to look that one up, I want to know if there'll be a whole bunch of names that get one vote listed.
*I have no idea how nonpartisan they actually are.
The thing is, I'm in a not the most densely populated county (I think) of a not the most densely populated state. So I don't know what of several possible things to put this down to. A lack of interest in these positions? Areas where one party has an overwhelming advantage that no one is interested in challenging? Something else?
So, is your ballot full of holes? And if so, why do you think that is?
-Morgan.