November 5th, 2024 Election Ballot

Here's my proposed ballot for November 5th, 2024, and my intended vote. What keeps me reaching for another drink isn't the election so much as thinking about what might happen after the election.

Sample Ballot for 11/5/2024

For President and Vice President

For President: Kamala D. Harris (D)
For Vice President: Tim Walz (D)

For President: Chase Oliver (L)
For Vice President: Mike ter Maat (L)

For President: Peter Sonski (Oth.)
For Vice President: Lauren Onak (Oth.)

For President: Jill Stein (Oth.)
For Vice President: Anita Rios (Oth.)

For President: Donald J. Trump (R)
For Vice President: JD Vance  (R)

For President: Richard Duncan (Npc)
For Vice President: Mitchell Preston Bupp (Npc)

For Justice of the Supreme Court (Pick One)

Megan E. Shanahan (R)

Michael P. Donnelly (D)

For Justice of the Supreme Court (Pick One)

Melody J. Stewart (D)

Joseph T. Deters (R)

For Justice of the Supreme Court (Pick One)

Daniel R. Hawkins (R)

Lisa Forbes (D)

For U.S. Senator (Pick One)

Don Kissick (L)

Bernie Moreno (R)

Sherrod Brown (D)

For Representative to Congress (3rd District) (Pick One)

Joyce Beatty (D)

Michael Young (R)

For State Representative (5th District) (Pick One)

Meredith Lawson-Rowe (D)

For Judge of the Court of Appeals (10th District) (Pick One)

Laurel Beatty Blunt (D)

For Judge of the Court of Appeals (10th District) (Pick One)

Shawn Dingus (D)

For County Commissioner

Kevin L. Boyce (D)

For County Commissioner (Pick One)

John O'Grady (D)

For Prosecuting Attorney (Pick One)

John P. M. Rutan (R)

Shayla D. Favor (D)

For Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas (Pick One)

Maryellen O'Shaughnessy (D)

For Sheriff (Pick One)

Dallas Baldwin (D)

For County Recorder (Pick One)

Danny O'Connor (D)

For County Treasurer (Pick One)

Cheryl Brooks Sullivan (D)

Drake Lundstrom (L)

For County Engineer (Pick One)

Adam W. Fowler (D)

For Coroner (Pick One)

Nate Overmire (D)

For Member of State Board of Education (6th District) (Pick One)

David Donofrio (Probably D)

Cathye J. Flory (R)

Chris Orban (D)*

For Judge of the Court of Common Pleas (Pick One)

Jaiza Page (Probably D)

For Judge of the Court of Common Pleas (Pick One)

Karen Held Phipps (D)*

For Judge of the Court of Common Pleas (Pick One)

Kim Brown (D)*

For Judge of the Court of Common Pleas (Pick One)

Richard Brown (D)*

For Judge of the Court of Common Pleas (Pick One)

Stephen McIntosh (D)*

For Judge of the Court of Common Pleas (Domestic Relations Division) (Pick One)

Elizabeth Gill (D)*

For Judge of the Court of Common Pleas (Domestic Relations Division) (Pick One)

James W. Brown (D)*

For Judge of the Court of Common Pleas (Domestic Relations Division) (Pick One)

Douglas Nobles (D)*

For Judge of the Court of Common Pleas (Domestic Relations Division) (Pick One)

Monica Hawkins (D)*

* Although a party isn't listed on the ballot, general research indicates that this is the most probable party affiliation.

Issue 1

To create an appointed redistricting commission not elected by or subject to removal by the voters of the state

SHALL THE AMENDMENT BE APPROVED?

YES

NO

Note: This was proposed to eliminate gerrymandering, otherwise known as cheating or stacking the deck. It won't work, and it will make the gerrymandering problem worse by adding a labyrinthine layer of bureaucratic knot-heads to the mix of professional politicos and fatheads who are responsible for the current map creation.   

#41 Proposed Tax Levy (Additional)

Reynoldsburg City School District

Fairfield, Franklin, and Licking Counties

Shall a levy be imposed by the Reynoldsburg City School District for the purpose of providing for the emergency requirements of the school district in the sum of $8,500,000 and a levy of taxes to be made outside of the ten-mill limitation estimated by the county auditor to average 6.65 mills for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $233 for each $100,000 of the county auditor's appraised value, for a period of 5 years, commencing in 2024, first due in calendar year 2025?

For the Tax Levy

Against the Tax Levy

Note: Not just no, but hell no. The public school system started failing in the late 1950s and has continued to fail ever since, crippled by school boards who couldn't manage a lemonade stand on the best day they ever had, and a teacher's labor union that is willing to keep any retard in the classroom no matter how bad they are.

#46 Proposed Tax Levy (Renewal and Increase)

Franklin County Children Services

A renewal of 1.9 mills and an increase of 0.6 mills for each $1 of taxable value to constitute a tax for the benefit of Franklin County for the purpose of protecting abused and neglected children and providing services to abused and neglected children and their families that the county auditor estimates will collect $83,084,000 annually, at a rate not exceeding 2.5 mills for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $53 for each $100,000 of the county auditor's appraised value, for 10 years, commencing in 2024, first due in calendar year 2025.

For the Tax Levy

Against the Tax Levy

#47 Proposed Sales and Use Tax (Existing, Increase and Continuing)

Central Ohio Transit Authority

Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Licking, and Union Counties

Shall the existing sales and use tax levied at a rate not to exceed one-fourth of one percent for a 10 year period expiring in 2026 be increased and levied by the Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) for the purpose of providing additional general revenues for COTA and transit supportive infrastructure, like the general construction of roads, bridges, greenways, sidewalks, pathways, bikeways, or pedestrian underpasses or overpasses related to the provision of transit service by COTA at a rate not to exceed three-fourths of one percent for a continuing period of time?

Yes

No

Note: The way that the government is going to try and get this passed is by hanging bike-ways and pedestrian paths along with it. The money will get spent on buses.

We have nineteen distinct offices that are staffed by Democrats, or soon will be. These offices are uncontested by the Republican party, and that is completely unacceptable. Even if the race is a guaranteed slam dunk win for the moonbats, it should be contested by the GOP.

My selections (as if you can't tell) are in bold with red text. I'm voting the straight republican ticket, and voting 'no' on all tax levies.