2023 Ballot Measures

[eddiememphis]

My son got his first ballot for voting and I used this thread to explain to him what he was voting or what they were trying to trick him to voting for and his response was ?Oh, heck no! Those questions were tryin to trick me!?
I told them that is why you have to do research and try to figure out what they are trying to fool you in to doing.

Good for you.

I never had any parental guidance in voting, but as a dirt biker* and firearm enthusiast, I voted based on those issues.

It was more difficult researching candidates before the internet but the ballot initiatives aren't too difficult to figure out if you read the actual proposal rather than the wording on the ballot.

Almost 30 years after my first votes were cast I have a better grasp on politics in general but my initial feelings about issues haven't changed much.

If you remove all the bluster and claimed good intentions by focusing on the likely outcome of the majority of proposals, most of them are an expansion of government.

More government is very rarely good.

*Edit to add-
Not just a dirt biker but a public land enthusiast. Exploring, hunting, camping etc. Reading Dirt Bike Magazine as a kid was my first exposure to land closures, specifically Barbara Boxer and the BLM closing millions of acres to multi-use because of "environmental concerns".