It's A Technical Foul....Anti GLBT Ballot Initiatives pass across the Nation

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Congratulations go to Senator Barack Hussein Obama of Illinois, the next black President elect of the United States of America!

He joins such other American heroes of yore with African lineage and heritage as, Presidents Warren G. Harding (29th), Andrew Jackson (7th), Thomas Jefferson (3rd), Abraham Lincoln (16th), Calvin Coolidge (30th), Dwight "Ike" Eisenhower (34th), Vice-President Hannibal Hamlin (15th, under Lincoln's first term) and the first Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, who also was the Founder of the New York Post. (SOURCES: Endiana, We Declare, Dr. LeRoy Vaughn, Jim Blair)

In other news concerning the election:

Libertarians in Indiana have left 'marks for distinction' on national, statewide and local political races. Thank you to all those whom put their honour on the line to make our State a beacon of Liberty! The fight doesnt end here it is just beginning. I have two questions for you all. Does this years results help or hurt us for 2010? What can we as a Party do to improve upon the presentation of our message? While we are still waiting for actual totals to be in, here are the basics so far from the Secretary of State's website:

Now for the latest RESULTS!

They are still tentative but please right click here and open the new chart into a new tab.If anyone knows of updates to these lists enclosed please let me know promptly.Again to the Citizens of Indiana, thank you for your vote and all the support of the party for the people!

No votes? What happened?

There are several contest which do not have data yet on the Secretary of States website among them are Districts 37, 41st, 99th, and 100, and the twenty Counties of Bartholomew, Crawford, Delaware, Hancock, Harrison, Jennings, Madison, Marion (INDY), Miami, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Noble, Parke, Posey, Putnam, Spencer, Tippecanoe, Vermilion, and Vigo. Folks this election may not be over we are still missing up to a third of the nationwide and statewide race results across the State.

CONCERNING NATIONWIDE
ANTI GLBTIQAS (Gay & Lesbian, etc.)
BALLOT INITIATIVES

Arizona Same Sex Marriage Ban Prop 102
passed, 99% reporting 56-44%

Florida Same Sex Marriage Ban Amendment 2
passed, 99% reporting 62-38%

Arkansas Initiive Act 1 Against Gay Couples
and Unmarried Persons Adoption of Children
passed, 99% reporting 57-43%

California Same Sex Marriage Ban Prop 8
passed, 99% reporting 52-48%

(SOURCE: CNN, H/t AB & WH @ BILERICO)

Fortunately I am told (still looking up the story) Connecticut voted down their Constitutional Convention. We wont have to worry for at least another twenty years, about an amendment in order to reverse the recent State Supreme Court ruling, legalizing Same Sex Unions which are slated to begin later this month. I will have more to add about this in a few hours....stay tuned!

this is worse than a divorce, I've lost half of my net worth, and I still have...

....without any further fanfare during these harsh economic times, these are my endorsements for the current general election cycle. I am going to start with the Federal side and then continue on through the State and then the Local but it will take me a few days to get them all written out so please be patient and check back every day to see this list below grow and the explanations written out. Being to the fact that this afternoon I am going to the dentist after twelve years I dont know how coherent I will be afterward so please bear with me as I separate my explanations out over the course of the next couple days. The full list and explanations will be done by Saturday. TEXT REMOVED (see below) Each of the office headers will forward to the post that explains the endorsement so you can bookmark this post to come back to in the next week.

President and Vice President of the United States
Robert Barr of Georgia (L) and Wayne Allyn Root of Nevada (L)

US Representative
3rd District William Larsen (L)
6th District Michael Pence (R) i

Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Indiana
Andrew Horning of Freedom (L) and Lisa Kelly of Indianapolis (L)

Attorney General
Linda Pence (D)

Superintendent of Public Instruction
Kevin Brown (Write In)

State Representative
District 83 Herbert Jack Evans (L) recent article from the News Sentinel
District 84 Mark Wehrle (D)

County Treasurer
Maria Para (D)

County Council At Large 3
Paul Moss (R) i, Robert Armstrong (R), Susan Hoot (D)

FWCS School Board of Trustees
District 2 John Peirce or Donald Schaab
District 3 Jon Olinger i
District 5 Evert Mol

Judicial Retention Allen Co. Superior Courts
SC Civil: Dan Heath, No;
SC Civil: Stanley Levine, Yes;
SC Criminal: Fran Gull, Yes;
SC Criminal: John Surbeck, No;
SC Family: Steven Sims, Yes

Local Public Question.
Should the assessing duties of the elected township assessor
in the township be transferred to the county assessor?
Yes

Supreme Court Justice Retentions
Brent E Dickson, Theodore R Boehm, Randall T Shepard,
Yes to All of Them

Judges Retention
Carr L Darden, Thomas J. Fisher
Yes To Both

EDITOR'S APOLOGY AND CLARIFICATION: The original text that was removed read "If you have already voted early I have been told that you can nullify that by still going to the polls on election day." This was inaccurate information that was communicated to me on the fly by an Election Board employee. There was probably a failure to communicate all the way around however I still take full responsibility for the misinformation. The actual information, provided to me by another blogger whom has my heart felt gratitude, is as follows:

If a ballot (absentee or early) has already been issued to a voter, (they) cannot just show up and vote. Early Voting: Once you vote early you may not vote again period. If you went and voted on a machine, there is no way to know which ballot or vote was yours, so they couldn't rescind your vote if they wanted to. Absentee Voting: (They) either have to bring (their) voided ballot to the polling location with (them) or (they) need to come down to the Election Board and fill out paperwork that voids that ballot. That paperwork cannot be completed at the polling location.

Stay Tuned...there is more to come...including the annual Hunk of Flesh voting....