Well, I voted. Oregon does all voting by mail. It’s actually really great, since you can vote at your convenience right at home. I think the ‘e-voting’ initiatives that other states are undertaking sound great and I’ll probably vote over the internet someday. But for now, this old fashioned way of voting seems awfully easy and secure. I make my votes, I put my ballot in a ‘secrecy envelope’ then I put that envelope in yet another envelope and walk it over to the ballot box down the street. Easy as pie.
I breezed through most of the ballot, but Measure 34 really had me stumped. Still does. I like the idea of setting aside 50% of the forests for non-logging uses, but I have a very hard time reconciling the killer combo of reduced income to the state and increased expenses to the state. The Pacific Greens urged a yes vote, but with a “strong caveat’ (which I never found). I went further and voted against it, but with a heavy heart–I actually hope it passes, but I couldn’t, in good conscience, vote for it.
Yeah, 34 is definitely the toughest one for me, too–though I won’t stoop so low as to repeat your pun. I think my conclusion is about the same as yours. So…who’s gonna vote “yes” for us while we vote our consciences?
Hey man! I agree with you. I am kind of caught on a similar thing on our ballot in Michigan. I thought I would vote for the proposal on the voting on the local control about casinos, but on further review, it really affects the lottery. However, I think that the lottery is nothing more than a tax on the poor and it is an unethical way to support schools. So I’ll probably vote for the proposal in this case.