I live in Georgia – one of the swing states that both sides are hitting hard with political ads and other rhetoric. I can’t watch a YouTube video about quilting without some PAC solicitation ad popping up. It’s rather annoying.
Not only did I get redrawn into all new voting districts for this election cycle, but my local county commission also decided they didn’t like the map drawn by the state, so they drew their own. Of course, litigation ensued. Candidates for the spring primaries were qualified based on the commission maps, not the ones drawn by the state. This past week, the judge decided the commissioners were in the wrong and ordered a redo of the impacted races using the state drawn maps. I’m affected, but I’m not exactly sure when I’ll be voting because we’ve been told those races will be delayed until after the November elections. Huh?
Candidates in any race from local to national have to meet qualifying deadlines. Now that Biden has dropped out of the race, how does this impact things moving forward? I didn’t think blanket candidate substitutions were allowed. Each candidate must qualify individually. There was some chatter across all media outlets about this right after Biden’s announcement, but I’ve heard nothing else since. Even when a replacement candidate is officially nominated in a couple of weeks, what happens next? Something similar to what I’ll be experiencing with the local elections?
I don’t fit the desired demographics for either party, so I’m just watching to see how things play out. I will do my civic duty and vote when I’m supposed to (whenever that may be). Meanwhile, I’m trying hard to stay away all the craziness for the next several weeks.
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