Select Candidates Carefully
Radio Commentary, 90.7, 91.7 New Life FM, May 9, 2014 – By Sue Ella Deadwyler
Good morning, Jim. In eleven days we’ll vote in the Primary election and decide who’ll be on the November General Election ballot. If for some reason you can’t vote in person on May 20th, there’s still time to get an absentee ballot and vote by mail or go to the polls for early voting.
I cannot express how important it is for you to vote in all these races. In my county, eight men and one woman are running for sheriff. All nine of them are in the same party, so party platforms can’t help me decide who should get my vote for sheriff. That means, I need to learn the facts about each one, individually.
And remember, this is a critical mid-term election, when every member of the Georgia House of Representatives, every member of the Georgia State Senate and every member of the U.S. House of Representatives are up for re-election. So, next year there’ll be a big change in Congress and the Georgia General Assembly. That makes the May 20th Primary election extremely important, because voters will decide which Republican, Democrat and Independent candidate will run in November for all those seats.The winners on May 20th will run in November and winners in November will become government officials. So, before then, you should become very familiar with party platforms of Republicans, Democrats and Independents, because party platforms explain party philosophies, which indicate how candidates will vote if they are elected.
Also on May 20th, Georgia voters will decide which candidates run in November to replace U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss, who’s been in office for two six-year terms and is not running again. Seven candidates in the Primary are running for his seat. Three of them are leaving Congress to run for the Senate; another is a former Secretary of State; another is an attorney and another is a political newcomer. The winner of the Primary will run in November against the Democrat candidate, who has no opposition in the Primary.
Again, I cannot tell you how important your vote is, but this I can say. We now have an extremely liberal administration in Washington because millions of conservatives decided NOT to vote in 2012. Please don’t miss this opportunity to put conservatives in office. Your future and my future ACTUALLY DO depend on it! For Georgia Insight I’m Sue Ella Deadwyler, your Capitol correspondent.