Friday, February 19, 2010

Still Not Sure Who To Vote For? Here's Another Resource

I saw some Fort Bend folks last night who were stumped as to who to vote for in the Primary, to the point of not knowing who was running. I can't blame them - it's confusing! It's not like there has been a ton of mail dropped or other outreach to voters.
The League of Women Voters in the Houston Area puts out voting guides that are non-partisan in nature, and they have one for Fort Bend. Check it out at this link. It's amazing to me when candidates in contested races don't turn their responses into the League, but that happened in the HD27 race where incumbent Rep. Dora Olivo got hers in, and her opponent Ron Reynolds did not.
My strongest recommendations for Fort Bend Democratic Primary voters is to vote for Philip Aitsebaomo in the County Judge race (compare his LWV answers to his opponent, and you'll see why - there really should be no contest here, but you never know what will happen when voters start randomly voting due to lack of information) and for Steve Brown (whose name is misspelled in the League document) for Democratic Party Chair.
I've been out of town and was surprised to find out Fort Bend had my voting location open from 10 AM to 7 PM all week this week. That's a much better time frame for suburban commuters than the usual 8 AM to 4 PM in the first week. I'll be able to vote today after work, which makes me happy. I always want to get my vote in early in case I get hit by the proverbial beer truck tomorrow (inside joke between me and one of my best friends). Here's a map of all early voting locations in Fort Bend, along with the times all locations are open.
The Harris County League of Women Voters guide is here, and early voting locations and times are here.
You can vote early through Friday, Feb. 26th, so get on it in case that beer truck takes you out!
(Here's another post of mine where I gave a link to a very helpful voting resource - plus some of my recommendations, in case you need more info.)

1 comments:

Sam Davis said...

If you're in House District 22, don't forget to vote for Doug Blatt. Rogers is a LaRouchnik and Weider is a Libertarian. Doug is the real deal and needs every vote.