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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.)
( oh, I went to the gym yesterday )
[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.
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.)
( oh, I went to the gym yesterday )
[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.