IF YOU ARE AN ADULT US CITIZEN NOT REGISTERED TO VOTE AT YOUR CURRENT ADDRESS, NOW IS THE TIME TO DO IT.
HAVE YOU MOVED SINCE YOU VOTED LAST? UPDATE NOW BY FILLING OUT A NEW REGISTRATION FORM FOR YOUR NEW ADDRESS
IS YOUR SON OR DAUGHTER 17 AND WILL BE 18 BY THE GENERAL ELECTION IN NOVEMBER – REGISTER THEM NOW – THEY CAN VOTE IN THE PRIMARY
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In a trend that adds a nice dose of fairness to election laws, 22 states now allow citizens who will be 18 years old on or before a general election to vote in their party’s corresponding primary or caucus. The latest states to join the movement are Illinois and Wisconsin, whose “Suffrage at 17” laws went into effect on Jan. 1, 2014. …
The other states that currently allow 17-year-olds to vote in primaries and caucuses are: Alaska, Connecticut, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, OHIO, Oregon, Virginia, Vermont, and Washington…-
“Suffrage at 17” advocates say that one of the prime benefits of allowing 17-year-olds to vote in primaries is that it encourages civic engagement at an earlier age. Voting when young starts a lifetime habit, they contend.-Occasional Planet, Feb 11, 2014
SCHOOLS CAN BEGIN LOOKING AHEAD TO PLAN FOR THIS NOW
IF YOU HAVE A SON OR DAUGHTER OF AGE STUDYING AWAY, SEND THEM A VOTER REGISTRATION FORM AND ABSENTEE BALLOT REQUEST NOW. (VOTER GUIDES WILL BE AVAILABLE CLOSER TO ELECTION TIME)
Additional Notes:
Boys are often encouraged to register at their yeshivos, however if they are already registered at home they may not be bothered to change it. Ohio is a swing state which means that their vote will count toward the actual final outcome of the presidential elections unlike NY and NJ where there is a predetermined outcome expected based on past performance. Boys who are encouraged to vote in those states instead of OH are encouraged to speak up and ask a shailah to see if the general instruction to all the boys applies to boys from Swing States (OH, PA, and FL)
Upcoming Primary
The Primaries are for choosing who WITHIN in each party will represent the party at the general election in November. For the March election, you should therefore choose which party’s ballot you wish to vote on, and you can only vote one. Not every office open will have two people from either party and will therefore not be contested.
Consider that no Republican has ever won a county-wide election since Voinevitch (appointed judges have won re-election) in te 1980’s. Two more recent races that seemed like it could end were Deborah Sutherland and more recently, Jack Schron’s campaign for County Executive. Their valiant efforts were still statistically soundly defeated by the Democrat vote. Therefore one might consider voting in the Democrat Primary in order to better effect local elections as whoever wins the primary, in all likelihood, will win in November and hold office. On the other hand, the presidential primary has the potential to be brokered and your vote could effect the OH electoral votes in that way. You must choose one to vote in March, but whichever party you vote for now has ZERO bearing on who you vote for in November.
Example: You could pull a democrat ballot and vote for either Sanders or Clinton now as well as your choice for County Prosecutor (a much contested race, see below) and certain judicial positions and still vote for the Republican presidential nominee and any other candidate of either party you wish for any and all offices.
There is controversy over the McGinty handling of Tamir Rice case as Prosecutor contested by O’Malley who is criticized for being part of the old guard who didn’t tackle some of the stuff that McGinty has been emphasizing like getting old DNA tested for violent cases that got dusty under O;Malley who formerly served in the Prosecutors office directly under Mason, it’s former head (old guard). No one received over 60%of the vote to receive the Democrat endorsement so these candidates will run unendorsed for County Prosecutor and the race is shaping up to be contentious.
Other open offices in November include Senate: Portman vs. Strickland, and some judicial seats as well.
Of course, there will be tax issues coming up too.
Primary Date is MARCH 15. REGISTER AND APPLY FOR ABSENTEE BALLOTS NOW.
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