Honestly, this may be the greatest week in the history of American politics. I always find it fascinating living history. But right now, I don’t so much want to live history. I want to fast forward. I want to jump to thirty years in the future and i want to read a 2046 middle school American history…
So I have some thoughts about superdelegates… If you hadn’t noticed by now, I’m kind of an election junkie. I love politics. I find them fascinating. You remember how much you hated social studies in school and how your eyes glazed over when you got p that all the civics bullshit? Not me. I loved it.…
I’m weird… I know that. If you read my blog entries over the past couple decades it’s pretty clear that I’m so far left of center that I barely even show up on the political chart. And I know that! There’s never going to be a president in my lifetime that matches my politics. At…
Day 1244 of 365 4 lyf. Oh yeah, I’ve so been waiting for this: We, the undersigned, constituting the Return Board of the County of Allegheny, do hereby certify that at the Election held on the third day of November, 2009, Chris Maverick was duly elected to the Office of Judge of Election in Pittsburgh…
Day 1212 of 365 4 lyf. So on election days the past several years, I’ve had this thing where I refuse to vote for anyone who is running unopposed. So when I see something like that, I do the natural thing. I write my own name in. So I got a letter in the mail…
Day 1010 of 365 Again. So this Tuesday is an election day in Pennsylvania. Exciting huh? Well, not so much. You see, it’s a primary. As I am registered as an independent, neither the republican party, nor the democratic party really gives a damn about my opinion on things and therefore I don’t get to…
Day 816 of 365 Again. Steph and I left for work early this morning so we could perform our civic duty. As per usual, I found a couple races that I wanted to throw my hat into. Remember. Whenever someone is running unopposed just assume I am running against them as a writein candidate. Vote…
Day 116 of 365 days. So a little backstory. For the last few years, I’ve had this thing where I refuse to vote for any unopposed candidate, instead voting for myself. I urge others to do the same. A few months back, Pittsburgh’s mayor died and he was succeeded by the President of City Council,…
Day 88 of 365 days. Today is mid term election day in the United States, and the first time I used an electronic touch screen voting machine. Due to a particular technicality of Ohio (where I used to live) law, I have been voting in elections since I was 17 years old. The law stated…