my public service announcement

[grrgoyl]

Okay, so you know who gets your vote for president already. Good for you. But what about all the congressional and senatorial candidates? If you're like me, you get dizzy trying to examine all the issues and decide who you like best. Or maybe you don't care and are only voting for president. That's fine too. But remember lots of people have their say over the laws and bills that change our lives. Not surprisingly, I'm voting along gay-friendly lines. This is more helpful for me living in Colorado, where both my senators are dirty Republicans. Would you like paper or paper, ma'am?

I don't expect anyone else to approach the booth placing such high importance on gay issues (except for oxcidian, and maybe minikitkatgirl...and definitely zoisite84*blush*), but if you are mildly interested, I hunted down this page on the HRC website that neatly breaks it down by state and by issue for your voting ease. It's a PDF file you have to download, but if you are really serious about speaking up with your vote, the extra time it takes is a small price to pay. If you don't have the time to read all the accompanying descriptions of the bills, all you have to know is the filled-in circles are good...that means the candidate has historically voted for the bills HRC supports.

It looks like a lot of reading, but you can only vote for candidates in your state, so I came up with just 3 names to keep in mind Nov 2. (Of course, Californians will have a few more. My GOD you people have a lot of politicians.) Simple. Fun! And satisfyingly informative.

(Of course, the real reason for this post is only to show off my fabulous Greg the Bunny icon that mooselet made, and I love, love love)

Comments

[citizenjess.livejournal.com]

Man, Greg the Bunny is awesome.

Also, ewwwww, Republicans. Washington is, fortunately, a Democratic state, but we still have those strange Bush-loving creatures over here. :|