Voting Absentee

Decision Day!Yippee Skippee! I got my Absentee Ballot yesterday in the mail. It’s written in English and Spanish but no..no German? Oh well.

So now I’ve got to get on the up and up. Katherine Harris or Bill Nelson for U.S. Senate? I’m not a fan of Harris’s political positions and I don’t like Nelson’s position on using so-called permissible interrogation techniques to obtain information from detainees. But what is cool is that he was an astronaut on Space Shuttle Columbia in ’86, now that’s moxie.

As for the other candidates, Floyd Frazier wants to legalize Mary. Belinda Noah, who was going to run in the Rep. primary but opted for No Party Affiliation, is for protecting victim’s rights. Brian Moore is against the U.S. occupation of Iraq. Roy Tanner is for doing it all -with his long focus list if you send him to D.C.

Now for the guber vote, so who’s gonna be the 44th Governor? Looks like it’s a race between Jim Davis and Charlie Crist. I can’t find any info on the other guys. As for as healthcare, Davis wants to increase funding for children’s healthcare, while Crist wants to require prescription drugs to be tracked (manufacturer -> pharmacy) to ensure drug safety. One interesting pronouncement from Crist is to allow homeowners to move within the same county and between different counties while maintaining their previous property tax level. That could significantly help people in this ever changing market move closer to jobs.

There are also six proposed Florida constitutional amendments. I guess if cigarette manufacturers spent $8.24 billion on advertising and promotion in 1999, maybe $57 million for the comprehensive Statewide Tobacco Education and Prevention Program in Florida isn’t so bad. But is it worth reducing the funding to existing government programs? Well, you can read about the rest here at Vote Smart Florida. They have an official ballot summary, the amendment type and their financial impact, plus a list of proponents and opponents or arguments for and against. All in all, these are some exciting times. But just one thing was missing in my big envelope, where’s my sticker?! I don’t think the lady at the post office has ‘em.