PICTURES OF THE WEEK
Californians: Vote on Tue June 5!
Or, voting is real.
For me, it’s weird that there is an election on Tue, June 5 (NEXT TUESDAY) in California. For most of my life elections have been in November. But, lot’s of things are different here in regards to voting:
- Sure, you can mail in a ballot, but in San Francisco, you can vote any day leading up to the election at city hall.
- There will be ranked choice voting for Mayor of San Francisco. Here’s more about the system:
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-usc-poll-top-two-20180527-story.html
If, you need them, you can find the official guides for California and SF here:
https://sfgov.org/elections/whats-on-the-ballot and plenty more info here: https://sfgov.org/elections/
You can also find your SF polling place and sample ballot:
http://sfelections.org/tools/pollsite/index.php
Tha sample ballot is particularly cool, because you can make choices, print the sample ballot out, and know how to fill it in ahead of time!
Not in SF, but still in Bay Area? Get your detials here: https://www.sfgate.com/elections/article/California-primary-elections-June-5-vote-by-mail-12911417.php
And if you want to get REALLY deep: https://ballotpedia.org/California_elections,_2018
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_elections,_2018
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_gubernatorial_election,_2018
There are, of course, plenty of opinions.
I always like the league of Pissed Off Voters
The SF Chronicle has a voting guide:
https://projects.sfchronicle.com/2018/voter-guide/
And, there is the League of Women’s Voters:
https://cavotes.org/vote/elections/2018-06-05-000000
I’m going to do my own research, do some thinking and be an informed voter. If you have some strong opinions, or got other sources, I’d love to know! Send me an email with your thoughts?
My mom asked me if I was going to have any watermelon on Memorial Day. I wasn’t planning on it, but then I remembered I had frozen some watermelon chunks. Threw them into the blender, with some lemon tea, and got what was mostly a no sugar added all fruit watermelon slurpee!
Look at the amazing lamp that my friend M.M. makes in his spare time! I love the shapes, materials and the general flair his pieces have! Want one? Let me know and I’ll let M.M. know!
You got anything you are working on? Let me know and I’ll try to add it to the newsletter!
