GiN 2012 Election Cheat Sheet (Voter Recommendations)

Post author:Stubborn_Facts
Post published:November 5, 2012
Post category:Grassroots in Nebraska / Nebraska / Network Archives

GiN’s recommendations for the 2012 General Election, with a focus on Nebraska issues. This is a four-page PDF guide. When viewed on a computer, it has activated (clickable) links to additional information on every issue presented and to outside resources recommended to provide information necessary to fill out one’s ballot on Tuesday.

Links to sample ballots for Lancaster and Douglas County (If you have a link to sample ballot in any other Nebraska county, you’re encouraged to include a link in the comment section) are included so voters may print one out and go through the guide while “studying up”. My daughter, our second oldest child, is voting for the first time, and she said she’s going to treat it like a “take home test” so she’s informed when she votes.

Considering the sheer number of items on our ballots (an increasing number, it seems) I feel like I’m taking a test for which I am surprisingly not thoroughly prepared, especially in General Election years.

For that reason, I put together a list of tips and links which can be used to review “obscure” items on the ballot which I know have tripped me up in the past. Feedback from the people who attended our presentations this past week confirmed that I’m not alone in saying to myself, “Who is THIS guy? and WHAT is this body he’s going to serve on if he’s elected???”

In 2010, we received requests for resources in reviewing judges on the ballot and have included a link to a Nebraska Bar Association Judges Evaluation report. I haven’t had time to look at it yet, but I will when I study the sample ballot before I head off to my voting precinct tomorrow.

We’re interested in your feedback on the information provided. If there are other “information holes” which frustrate you in attempting to be a well-informed and conscientious voter which are not addressed in this year’s “Cheat Sheet”, please either make comment or use our Contact Form.

Cheers, fellow voters, in “studying” for our “take home test”!

Two choices for obtaining the PDF:

1) Click on the image below to view / download the PDF directly from our site. Note that the first item is an IMAGE only, and only the first page, so it is incomplete and the links are not clickable. You’ll want the four-page PDF…so just click anywhere to download it.

2) There is an embedded Scribd document under the image; you should be able to view directly with the embed, including in full screen, etc., visit the document on Scribd, and, if you have an account, download and/or print.

(Don’t forget to use your zoom feature on your PDF viewer…we had to pack a lot of information in the four pages!)

GiN 2012 Election Cheat Sheet (Voters Guide)

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Stubborn_Facts

Shelli Dawdy is first and foremost the mother of three children whom she has taught at home via the classical method since removing her children from school in 2001. During her early years as a homeschool mother, she worked part-time as a freelance writer. Born and raised in the Iowa, Shelli and her husband moved to the state of South Dakota in 1997, attracted to its more limited government and friendly tax environment. In 2006, Shelli and her family relocated to Lincoln, Nebraska, when her husband’s employer offered a new position. She took a break from work and politics for a time, recognizing the need to focus solely on her childrens’ schooling with two now of high school age. Distressed by many things she was witnessing on the national political scene and disillusioned about the Republican Party, she decided to start writing again, this time online. Motivated to get involved with others at the grassroots level, she networked with activists on the social media tool, Twitter. She was involved in organizing the first tea party rallies inspired by Rick Santelli’s “rant” on CNBC in February 2009. Recognizing that activism should generate on the local level, she founded Grassroots in Nebraska in March of 2009. The group’s mission is a return to Constitutional, limited government, according to its original meaning. While the group has held several tea party rallies, it’s focus is to take effective action. Among its many projects, GiN successfully coordinated testimony for the hearing of the Nebraska Sovereignty Resolution, networked with other groups to ensure a large show of public support at the hearing, and coordinated follow up support to ensure its passage in April 2010. While working to build up GiN throughout 2009, she was asked to work as writer and producer of the documentary film, A New America, which lays out how Progressivism is responsible for how America has moved away from its Constitutional roots. You can see more of her work on Grassroots in Nebraska (GiN) and StubbornFacts

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