The other day I wrote a short essay about creating a progressive voting guide. It would be cool if it was for every candidate for public office everywhere. However, I am going to start with only the candidates who will be on my ballot here in Navarro County, Texas. Maybe that is all I will have time for.

Yesterday I started searching for candidate information and I discovered Ballotpedia, https://ballotpedia.org/Main_Page. Looks like a great resource so far. There are three incumbent candidates that I am most interested in unseating. The first is my US Representative, Joe Barton. There is a Democrat candidate and a Libertarian candidate running against him. I will research both of them and see who I want to support.

Sadly, there are many republicans running unopposed in Texas. From now until August 22 is when write-in candidates sign up in Texas. You need 500 signatures for most offices. My state representative, Byron Cook, is running unopposed. I am definitely going to look for someone to run as a write-in against him.

My new site name is http://vote.usnewsviews.org