Election

[redbird]

We have a primary election today. I voted on my way to work. The new paper-ballot-scanned-by-machine seemed to work okay in our district: at least, they were open when we got there, the hardware appeared to behave, and the election workers correctly gave people adequate privacy. (I saw a story that in some places election workers were taking the ballots to scan, instead of letting the voter walk over to the scanner with the ballot protected by a manila folder, or looking over their shoulders so that they saw the message "you didn't vote for this position." Just to complicate things, there are several different kinds of scanner being used; mine didn't say that (which I know because I didn't bother with "delegate to the judicial convention," lacking any information whatsoever about the people running).

For any locals who care: I voted for Jonathan Tasini for congress. Adam Clayton Powell the nth [1] has a better chance of unseating Rangel, but I would have to dislike Rangel a lot more to have voted for Powell on that basis. Eric Schneiderman for Attorney General (I thought about Brodsky). Marc Levine for state senate (taking the recommendation of a neighbor and ex-assemblymember who says Levine is the one who has a chance to beat Espaillat, our current assemblyman, who I don't like), and I think Julissa Gomez for state assembly. And someone I don't remember for Senate, because she's the only person they couldn't lean on not to run against Gillibrand; I'm not anti-Gillibrand, but I don't like not being offered a choice. Nobody was foolhardy to run against Schumer in the Democratic primary; if they were going to try at all, Gillibrand is an easier target. There is no Democratic primary for governor or comptroller. (The Republicans have primaries for both senate seats, having found a total of five white men I've never heard of to run for the job. I'm not surprised they're all white men; I'm a little surprised they're all obscure.)


Cardio, ten minutes, top heart rate 121
Chest press, 50 pounds, 12, 9
Squat leaning on ball, 2 sets of 15 (varying depth)
Calf, ditto, 15
Biceps curls (on ball), 10 pounds each hand, 2 sets of 20

Crunches, 3 sets of 30
Back arches, 8
Half roller: stood a bit, then lateral raise, 3 pounds each hand, 2 sets of 15
Balance lying on foam roller, some
Heart opening exercise on same
Hamstring bridge, 2, then bridge with feet on roller, and rolling it toward me, 5
Flight, 15
Balance ~fly, 50 pounds, 13 each; 35 pounds, 13 each (this is a lot harder holding my elbows up and curving my arms.
Stretches




[1] I believe n=4. If I recall correctly, his older brother is the third. Wikipedia will tell you about Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., who Rangel unseated decades ago.

Comments

[daharyn.livejournal.com]

OK, I'm confused. Did I just maybe not have as many people to vote for? Maybe the state seats are uncontested in my district. I only had 3 choices to make--Congress, US Senate (I only voted for Gillibrand because I couldn't figure out who the other person was), and AG.

Hell, maybe I only filled out half the ballot. But it really didn't look like there were any things on the other side!

*sigh* I miss the lever machines more and more already.

[redbird]

I suspect the state seats are uncontested in your district. Our state senator is running for attorney general, and our incumbent assemblyman is running for the vacant senate seat, as are three other people. And five people are running for the therefore-open assembly seat.

[daharyn.livejournal.com]

Oh, now that I'm putting it all together with local geography, it suddenly makes a lot more sense that there would be so much activity your way. ;) I had thought that our state senator was not running again, but it may be possible that there simply was no contest for his replacement, if indeed he is retiring.

[mjlayman.livejournal.com]

We (City of Manassas, VA) have touch screen computers to vote on and I don't vote on uncontested positions. When I get to the end of all the positions and push Vote!, the machine will ask me three times if I'm sure I don't want to vote for those positions. There must be some people who need to be reminded.

[avram]

Gail Goode was running opposite Gillibrand. I voted for Goode too, not knowing a whole lot about her, merely because Gillibrand is anti-immigrant. I figured Gillibrand would probably win the nomination anyway, so I could stand casting a protest vote for someone further leftward without having to worry too much about voting for someone who might not be able to carry the election in November.

[papersky.livejournal.com]

How can his brother be the third and he the fourth? Their parents would have to have named them both Adam Clayton? I don't think people should be blamed for things their parents do, but honestly, what a terrible idea! Especially when they were toddlers.

[adrian-turtle.livejournal.com]

They weren't both toddlers at the same time. Adam Clayton III is 20 years older than Adam Clayton IV, and the situation is further complicated by the fact that they have different mothers. I think the younger one was named Adam Clayton (like his father, grandfather, and half brother), but started out using his mother's surname. When he grew up and went into the family business of politics, he took the family name with the next available number. (I don't know if he did this before or after the birth of his nephew, also Adam Clayton IV.)