I got my ballot in the mail today. And that means - time to vote! Time to go through the whole ballot and figure out who I want to be Circuit Court judge (4th district position 12), who should be the east soil & water director-at-large 2, and many other exciting races!

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And before anyone asks, yes it is legal to take photos of your ballot in the state of Oregon.

The Federal offices come first.

For president, I'm voting for Biden. I don't have to - Oregon is a safe state, so I could vote third party - but I'm hoping Biden's popular vote win will be enormous, and taken as a repudiation of what the GOP has become.

For Senator, our main choices are Jeff Merkley, who by some measures is the fourth most liberal Senator, or the Republican candidate for the Senate, who is literally a Q-Anon follower.

Gosh, WHAT a tough decision. Merkley it is.

I'm in the third district, so the winner for the House race will be Democrat Earl Blumenauer, possibly the whitest man in the world. Earl's been in office 25 years, so he has seniority up to his bow tie, and he's very liberal. Plus, I want a resounding Dem victory. Earl it is.

Secretary of State!

The GOP candidate, Kim Thatcher, is very very concerned about a handful of alleged voter fraud cases, which is GOP-speak for "I will try to prevent Black people and college students from voting." And she hates Oregon's vote-by-mail system, which works great.

The Democrat, Shemia Fagan, wants to make it easier to vote - prepaid postage, automatic voter registration, voter registration on college campuses, etc..

It's the person who hates democracy versus the person who likes democracy. So, Fagan has my vote.

Whoops, accidentally broke the thread. It continues here: https://twitter.com/barrydeutsch/status/1316548933334704128