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I was going to post this sooner but wanted to actually see if the real ballot was as corrupt as the sample ballot this picture was taken from and it was exactly the same.
It seems to me every election is full of statewide amendments and referendum's that are as clear as mud having the wording that can be twisted to mean anything a politician desires.
If I don't fully understand the description or see cloudy wording I always vote NO because I sense they (whoever put this chit on the ballots) are trying to hide something.
The latest is this: a referendum stating that the county can control your property like a city ordinance controls what you have in your yard if living within an incorporated municipality.
Some good would come of this but there are no limits. If you have a small pile of scrap behind a shed the county would have the right to issue fines and even confiscate your land (remember, no limits given). No one wants and un-sightly yard and don't store junk in their front yards but most all farms have a scrap or lay-down area where old equipment is kept till a load is built up for hauling off or to use as spare parts. This is what the county refers to as "junk yards" and again no limits are set.
The referendum listed on the ballot I am speaking of is for non-incorporated areas with NO description given, the hopes being that people will just vote yes for everything w/o knowing or caring what it is for.
Needless to say a lot of people here are pissed and intend to find WHO put this on our ballots.
To make a long story short (too late) would you vote "yes" or "no" on an item like this with no description? Sure, it is something that could be researched in advance if known about and given a sample ballot in advance but it shouldn't have to come to this.
It seems to me every election is full of statewide amendments and referendum's that are as clear as mud having the wording that can be twisted to mean anything a politician desires.
If I don't fully understand the description or see cloudy wording I always vote NO because I sense they (whoever put this chit on the ballots) are trying to hide something.
The latest is this: a referendum stating that the county can control your property like a city ordinance controls what you have in your yard if living within an incorporated municipality.
Some good would come of this but there are no limits. If you have a small pile of scrap behind a shed the county would have the right to issue fines and even confiscate your land (remember, no limits given). No one wants and un-sightly yard and don't store junk in their front yards but most all farms have a scrap or lay-down area where old equipment is kept till a load is built up for hauling off or to use as spare parts. This is what the county refers to as "junk yards" and again no limits are set.
The referendum listed on the ballot I am speaking of is for non-incorporated areas with NO description given, the hopes being that people will just vote yes for everything w/o knowing or caring what it is for.
Needless to say a lot of people here are pissed and intend to find WHO put this on our ballots.
To make a long story short (too late) would you vote "yes" or "no" on an item like this with no description? Sure, it is something that could be researched in advance if known about and given a sample ballot in advance but it shouldn't have to come to this.
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