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Related: About this forumHave you seen your sample ballot?
You can go to this handy site: http://ivoters.com
It will show all the national, state, and local candidates. I just found out our state senator (R) is running unopposed. WTF is the matter with the democrats in this county!!
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Have you seen your sample ballot? (Original Post)
femmocrat
Nov 2016
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livetohike
(22,140 posts)1. Thanks! Great link. n/t
kacekwl
(7,016 posts)2. Thank you
modrepub
(3,495 posts)3. Read this Article about PA Legislature
http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/john_baer/20161031_Harrisburg_s_trick_or_treat.html
Statewide, there's not much choice either.
The Republican-controlled House and Senate are all but certain to stay that way, again, due to lack of competition.
There are 203 House races, but in nearly half (45 percent), there's only one candidate; 25 of the 50 Senate seats are up, but in more than half (52 percent), there's only one candidate.
In the Senate, six of the seven Republican and Democratic leaders running have no opponents.
Ah, the status quo. Ah, the screaming need for redistricting reform.
"We're surprised there's not more opposition (to Republican candidates)," says GOP consultant Mike Barley of Harrisburg-based Riverview Communications.
And Democratic consultant Dan Fee of Philly-based The Echo Group says, "We're talking statewide about a total of maybe fewer than 10 races in play."
Statewide, there's not much choice either.
The Republican-controlled House and Senate are all but certain to stay that way, again, due to lack of competition.
There are 203 House races, but in nearly half (45 percent), there's only one candidate; 25 of the 50 Senate seats are up, but in more than half (52 percent), there's only one candidate.
In the Senate, six of the seven Republican and Democratic leaders running have no opponents.
Ah, the status quo. Ah, the screaming need for redistricting reform.
"We're surprised there's not more opposition (to Republican candidates)," says GOP consultant Mike Barley of Harrisburg-based Riverview Communications.
And Democratic consultant Dan Fee of Philly-based The Echo Group says, "We're talking statewide about a total of maybe fewer than 10 races in play."
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)4. Good article, thanks.
Our legislature is a disgrace. Everyone complains about it, but nothing ever changes.