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Related: About this forumIs there a place online when one can view a sample ballot?
I used to go the my city hall but I wonder whether one is available from the secretary of state, or the county, or the party?
(Not that it would matter much, none of the races are competitive. Except for some in Minneapolis, I think)
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Is there a place online when one can view a sample ballot? (Original Post)
question everything
Aug 2016
OP
vollehosen
(130 posts)1. Here you go
question everything
(48,808 posts)2. Oh, thank you very much
Only one office to choose: Associate Justice 6:
Natalie Hudson - incumbent
or
Michelle MacDonald
Any opinions?
Brickbat
(19,339 posts)3. Good lord, Natalie Hudson.
A quick google will get you up to speed.
question everything
(48,808 posts)4. Indeed. I clicked from the Myballot links
These are their pages, how they present themselves and... MacDonald gave an "endorsement speech" at a GOP convention.
Bye bye Michelle.
progree
(11,463 posts)5. A right-wing loon with a drunk-driving problem
dflprincess
(28,471 posts)6. Just as reenforcment, article from Minn Post about the Supreme Court race
https://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2016/08/minnesota-supreme-court-primary-may-be-most-important-election-nobodys-heard
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Historically speaking, Minnesota Supreme Court justices running for re-election dont have a whole lot to worry about: An incumbent hasnt lost a re-election bid since the 1940s.
But some supporters of incumbent Associate Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Natalie Hudson worry that this year could be different.
On Aug. 9, Hudson faces two challengers in her bid to serve again on the states highest court: attorney Craig Foss, who says hes running because he cant find a job, and attorney Michelle MacDonald, who ran an unsuccessful bid for the states highest court in 2014 that MinnPosts Doug Grow called one of the most bizarre campaigns in state history.
Of the three candidates running for the slot, Hudson is the only one with experience as an elected judge and the only one actively fundraising for her campaign to retain her seat, according state campaign finance records.
But those efforts may not matter: In this primary, only the top two vote getters names will advance to the general ballot. With no other statewide primary on the ballot, voter turnout in general is expected to be low and in judicial elections, the number of people voting always tends to be lower.
What this means for the Supreme Court race: The random choices of a very small number of voters or a determined effort by a small group of activists could have outsized influence on the result, and could even cut Hudson out of the general election.
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Historically speaking, Minnesota Supreme Court justices running for re-election dont have a whole lot to worry about: An incumbent hasnt lost a re-election bid since the 1940s.
But some supporters of incumbent Associate Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Natalie Hudson worry that this year could be different.
On Aug. 9, Hudson faces two challengers in her bid to serve again on the states highest court: attorney Craig Foss, who says hes running because he cant find a job, and attorney Michelle MacDonald, who ran an unsuccessful bid for the states highest court in 2014 that MinnPosts Doug Grow called one of the most bizarre campaigns in state history.
Of the three candidates running for the slot, Hudson is the only one with experience as an elected judge and the only one actively fundraising for her campaign to retain her seat, according state campaign finance records.
But those efforts may not matter: In this primary, only the top two vote getters names will advance to the general ballot. With no other statewide primary on the ballot, voter turnout in general is expected to be low and in judicial elections, the number of people voting always tends to be lower.
What this means for the Supreme Court race: The random choices of a very small number of voters or a determined effort by a small group of activists could have outsized influence on the result, and could even cut Hudson out of the general election.
question everything
(48,808 posts)7. Oh yes, Craig Foss, too, is on the ballot
Frankly, I was thinking of skipping the primaries with only this race. But now, both of us will cast our votes for Hudson.
Thanks for the article.