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Voting “NO” in California; Defying the Powers That Be

May 19, 2009 by GayPatriotWest

While the Governor whom I once so enthusiastically supported, having given generously to his reelection campaign in 2006 hobnobs in Washingon, D.C. with the president, I did a very un-LA thing and walked, yes, walked the three blocks to my polling place to vote against the ballot measures he strongly supports.

I saw that walk as representative of this day of electoral defiance.  I defied the powers that be in our state capital by voting, “No,” on measures 1A-E and defied LA custom by walking a distance greater than two blocks.  Some Angelenos even drive to their next door neighbor’s.

At about 2:40 this afternoon (5:40 GayPatriot blog time), I was the 85th voter in my precinct, indeed, I was the only voter at my polling place during the time I was there.  Low turnout in my precinct is a good sign, given how far left my neighbors lean.  Let’s just hope it’s a little higher in the “redder” regions of the state.

Filed Under: California politics, LA Stories

Comments

  1. torrentprime says

    May 19, 2009 at 6:17 pm - May 19, 2009

    While the Governor whom I once so enthusiastically supported, having given generously to his reelection campaign in 2006

    I know how you feel. I worked to get Arnold elected. Heck, I door-knocked on the day of the recall to get Davis thrown out of office after he covered up the budget problems in order to get re-elected. Maybe our state really is ungovernable. Half-kidding, half-not. :/

  2. GayPatriotWest says

    May 19, 2009 at 6:38 pm - May 19, 2009

    interesting how history repeats itself. Arnold was elected to replace a guy who kowtowed to the public employee unions and so busted the budget and now all but imitates Davis when it comes to budgeting.

  3. Leah says

    May 19, 2009 at 6:40 pm - May 19, 2009

    I think this time many serious voters simply mailed it in. We knew weeks ago how we were going to vote.

    Hey, you don’t need a protest to walk in LA, you should do it more often, we have great weather and you see a lot more interesting things while walking.

  4. SoCalRobert says

    May 19, 2009 at 8:28 pm - May 19, 2009

    Voted just after 7 this AM in Carlsbad and had several people come in behind me. Hopefully they also said ‘no’.

  5. John in Dublin, CA says

    May 19, 2009 at 9:04 pm - May 19, 2009

    Mailed my ballot in weeks ago, actually can’t remember the last time I didn’t vote absentee. There was no doubt in my mind how I was going to vote. Like torrentprime, I also walked the street and rang doorbells for Arnold. What a disappointment he turned out to be; never thought anyone could be worse than Davis, how wrong I was.

  6. Roberto says

    May 20, 2009 at 1:15 pm - May 20, 2009

    I too supported Arnold. I really thought that, as a Republican and as an actor, he would be able to tame spending by using his acting skills to convince the Assembly to restrain its spending habits. He´has caved in more to them and the union, then they to him.

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