Attention Republicans in all wards

Now I understand why I am seeing CCRB signs with other "R" yard signs.  http://apps.alleghenycounty.us/website/Votedistricts/PDF_GEN/GEN%20(436).pdf

Do you realize that you are voting for Democrats? Elaine Cappucci is a Democrat. PLEASE don't vote for her thinking she is a Republican, even though she is listed as such under the Two Year Term for School Board Director. 

School Board Directors are allowed to cross file. 

Likewise, Mary D. Birks is not a Republican. Mary D. Birks is a Democrat. She is listed last, but if you vote straight Republican, you are voting for both of these women. 

Just going by some of the anonymous comments in prior posts, I think I made it pretty clear why we should not be wasting our votes on these two women. 

Republicans in Wards 2 and 4, voting straight R, will get you Charlotte Stephenson and Bob Fischer, but it will also be four votes for CCRB AND Cappucci for the Two Year Term. Please, please, please do not vote straight Republican. 

Did I say not to vote straight Republican? I think so, but if not, I repeat:

DO NOT VOTE STRAIGHT REPUBLICAN. Choose carefully! 

Democrats: Voting straight Democrat will get you Gorilla in Ward 4. Bob Fischer is the guy who should be your commissioner. Gorilla knows nothing about Mt. Lebanon. Ask him what boards or authorities he has been on. It will be a short answer.

Bottom line is to get out and vote on November 7, but PLEASE vote carefully. 

The Primary and Crossover Voting

Tuesday is almost here!  The Primary is the election where voters select candidates to run in the November or General Election.  Unopposed candidates have it made in the shade.  They are guaranteed to be on the ballot in November.  They have no need to have signs or even raise money for a campaign.  They already know they won the Primary.  When I am not out pounding the pavement, I have been on the computer learning more than I ever knew about voting, elections, and government in general.  I came across the term "Crossover Voting." 

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In open primary elections in the United States, crossover voting refers to a behavior in which voters who normally participate in the primary of one party instead vote in the primary of another party. The behavior typically happens when the nominee of the one party is a foregone conclusion or when a candidate in one party's primary has an appeal to the voters in another party
The motives for crossover voting are sometimes strategic. Thus crossover voting has been used by voters to cast votes in the party a voter is opposed to in order to nominate a candidate which can be more easily beaten by the candidate the voter actually supports.
Some consider crossover voting to be a form of electoral fraud.

Electoral fraud???  Yikes!!  That doesn't sound good.  I know that school board candidates can cross file, but that is something totally different.  Make sure your vote counts.  Be wary of unopposed candidates who are asking you to crossover vote.  Don't waste your vote.  See you at the Polls on Tuesday!!!