Every single election I find myself in the same straights, it’s a few days before the election and I am trying to figure out who to vote for (or what ballot initiatives). The first problem is figuring out what is even going to be on the ballot. The number of times I have shown up to the polls and discovered additional races or questions is embarrassing. Then I have to figure out something about each of the candidates and positions. President is easy enough to look up on the internet, but county attorney? Much of the time the people running for the little positions don’t have websites, and there is definitely no one checking if they are actually competent.
So how do the rest of you do it?
CA sends you a sample ballot. I forget how it worked in PA and IL, but at least somebody out there always collated all the information.
For attorney or whatever, I tend to vote for the incumbent. I would only vote to boot them if there was a known scandal.