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honest question, because i've only ever lived places that issue voter guides: do you live somewhere that doesn't have government-issued voter guides containing
by GuinansEyebrows 1y ago
honest question, because i've only ever lived places that issue voter guides: do you live somewhere that doesn't have government-issued voter guides containing at least some information on all the candidates/ballot initiatives/etc? maybe i'm taking that for granted.
- seanmcdirmid 1y agoWe have a voter guide, I don't really find it useful because people generally present themselves in the best light. This morning I had to fill out a ballot with 5 school board races (no idea why we have to vote for each one) and none of those were easy. For the top line elections, I knew what to do, for the lower line elections...I often just left entries empty because I didn't have time to figure out why I would prefer one candidate or the other.
- GuinansEyebrows 1y agowithout knowing whether you live in a tiny community (guessing no, since you mentioned port commissioners), i'd highly recommend you look into local news (including alternative news sources - if you really hate their political slant, you know you can always just vote against whatever they recommend). you'll get way more helpful information than anything an LLM can put together.
- seanmcdirmid 1y agoI follow local news for a big city in the PNW. No. Port commissioners and school board members never make the news here, city council members barely do either but at least they are more visible.