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Each time there is an election here in California, I get to vote on presidency, senators sometimes, representatives, propositions... and then a whole pile of p
by foobiekr 5y ago
Each time there is an election here in California, I get to vote on presidency, senators sometimes, representatives, propositions... and then a whole pile of people I've never heard of, who have minimal bios, and about whom no meaningful research is possible beyond what basically amounts to advertising. The work required to choose which candidate makes sense for these lower tier positions seems basically impossible and I do reference a number of voter guide sites.
Realistically, if someone who cares enough to put some effort into it cannot reasonably convince himself that he is making informed decisions for the approximately half of the ballot that these candidates for whatever, is it really unfair to assume people who don't care and are forced to vote will do anything but vote randomly or purely by party affiliation?
- moistly 5y ago> and then a whole pile of people I've never heard of From the outside, it looks crazy. So many service positions that are treated as political positions instead of employee positions. So many positions that should have qualifications as a requirement for employment (e.g. education, certification, training), turned into positions that have no qualification requirements save for one: get elected. People of no competency mucking up jobs that require competency. Coroners who have no education whatsoever! Animal Control guys with no animal training! Sheriffs and whatnot with no legal training! It’s fantastically insane!
- whatshisface 5y agoSheriff's don't need to be lawyers, they need to be trusted by the community to use force.