Today I voted at Club Lucky on Wabansia. This was also the first place I ever cast a ballot as a teenager. Here’s a look at some of the lines I drew. Please also keep in mind my ethics statement.
- Governor Pat Quinn: He’s a good man. He is not a crook. He has done what he can, given the hamstrung sickness of state politics. And he is a Democrat who supports what I believe in— minimum wage, human rights, and other baseline policies. I listened to Rauner— I was truly open to voting for him, given the fact that I sense (often it was just a sense) he’s a classic moderate Illinois Republican. He never closed the deal with me
- Senator Dick Durbin: the chances of replacing a “career politician” (as Oberweis characterized his opponent) who has worked endlessly for Democratic ideals, with a career loser Republican campaigner who has fought for nothing except milk and money were very low. Go Durbin, go!
- Toni Preckwinkle for Cook County Board President. She’s changed everything. It’s easy to lose sight of how terrible things were. So terrible, in fact, that I voted for a Republican in 2006
- I voted for every other major office Democrat on the ballot, except for Joseph Berrios. I just didn’t feel like it
- I didn’t vote for any judges. I developed a policy long ago that I vote for no judge I have not seen in person
- I voted for yes on both constitutional amendments and the three advisory amendments, as they all seemed like common sense good citizenship to me
Yay democracy!