Counterpunch #12: Tomorrow Is Election Day

Welcome to Counterpunch! Episode #12. Today's topic: Tomorrow is primary election day.

Sherry Walker, of Left In Alabama, and I both give our pre-primary messages to registered voters.

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Here is the transcript of my position:


Have you ever gotten to the polls during a general election and been very unhappy about the candidates you have to choose from? Well, tomorrow is primary election day, and that’s your chance to help choose what candidates will be on the ballot in November.

So, if you know who you intend to vote for; if you know the issues of the races and the candidates’ positions ON those issues; if you’ve researched the candidates and know where they stand… then go to the polls tomorrow and vote. They’re open from 7am to 7 pm, so there is a wide window of opportunity. We need you.

If, however, you don’t know who you are voting for; if you don’t even know all the candidates running, and if you plan to make up your mind once you get there, based upon name recognition, party affiliation, or maybe who is passing out flyers in front of your polling place… then please stay home. We don’t need ignorant voters selecting candidates for no discernible reason, so sit back down and give it a miss this time.

We do NOT need voters who are ignorant of the issues selecting a candidate based upon criteria that in no way predicts what KIND of elected official that candidate will be.

We DO need informed voters who understand the issues and select their candidates accordingly. If you are one of those, then go vote. Otherwise, I assure you, we will NOT miss you at the polls.

For Politics Alabama, I am Matthew Givens