Happy Election Day!

Posted on November 7, 2006 | Leave a comment

Well, the day has finally come.

I filed to run for office 7 months ago (Salt Lake County Council District 5). I had big plans to get lawn signs, do canvassing, and have coffee house meet and greets.

Unfortunately my plans weren’t realized since I accepted a last minute offered administrative type position (special ed director) in my school and all my time became suddenly diverted.

Anyway…..

This morning I had some thoughts about elections in the U.S.

  • The election season is too long.
  • There are too many signs. Fences are saturated with them to the point where you can’t read any of them. There are some campaigns whose signs are in sextuplicate on the same corner. What’s up with that? Further, sign ordinances are not enforced.
  • The media is biased, inluding publicly funded media outlets. They don’t cover all candidates.
  • The voting itself is a debacle.

    There are definite reforms that are desperately needed in our elections in the U.S. It’s so big and such a mess that I’m not sure what the starting point is to change this.

    Given all this, I hope that everyone will vote. It’s important and it’s our right and, in a sense, our obligation.

    Happy Voting and Happy Election Day!

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