(Ed: View the expanded version here which includes a thorough explanation on the issues below.)
As always, I offer these suggestions because of the importance of casting an informed vote. For our community to count, our votes must be countable, and we have a responsibility to our greater community and a mitzvah to show up and vote. Local elections in many ways effect our daily living in an up close and personal way and are therefore just as important if not more so than national ones.
By popular demand, in order to make printing easier, this guide will be available in two versions, quick voting and expanded. Today’s version is the quick one and the expanded version will follow tomorrow.
However you choose to vote, please make a point of doing so.
Governor: John Kasich and Mary Taylor
Attorney General: Mike Dewine
Auditor: Dave Yost
Secretary of State: Jon Husted (see important note following)
Treasurer of State: Josh Mandel
State Senator: Sandra Williams
State Representative District 9: Janine Boyd (for comments on State Rep District 8, see expanded edition)
County Executive: Armond Budish
Member of County Council: Anthony Hairston
Justice of Supreme Court (two positions) Sharon Kennedy and Judi French
Judges( countywide): (listed in order, not all races are competitive, endorsements are only on names where I had reliable information to endorse, competitive races in bold) Sean Gallagher, Larry Jones, Patrician Blackmon, Nancy Fuerst, Brendan Sheehan, Nancy Russo, Pamela Barker, Nancy Mc Donnell, Robert McClelland, Mathew McMonagle, Deena Calabrese Joan Synenberg, Rosemary Gold Francine (Frankie) Goldberg
Issue 5: Cleveland Heights University Heights Library Tax Levy –No recommendation but please see notes below
Issue 6: Tri-C Tax Levy- No recommendation but please see notes below
County Charter Issues 11, 12, 13 – amendments for the smoother running of county, see notes below, Vote YES
County Charter Amendment 14 – Makes Fundamental Voting rights a county issue (instead of state). See notes below. Vote NO
Please view the expanded version here which includes a thorough explanation on the above issues.
mhj says
I’m voting a straight Republican ticket. The Democrats need to be collectively punished for electing Obama and ruining the country.
Beachwood Place says
Did Mikhail Alterman win? He is our only hope in Beachwood. Please post an update.
Susan Efroymson says
As of 11:11pm Mikhail Alterman only has 19 %of the vote.
The Independent candidate only took 9%
Smith, despite criticism that he doesn’t work well with Republicans (per his own book) or Democrats (per a scandal in Euclid which may yet see him indicted, and despite being so out of touch with his constituency as to promote his book with its illustrations using swastikas to show how he feels about Republicans and Religious folks, wins with a whopping 72% landslide.
Susan Efroymson says
For the sake of accuracy, I hadn’t refreshed when I sent the above numbers, but in the last two hours there’s been no significant change.