Last Updated on November 1, 2002 by Paulette Brown-Hinds
By Hardy Brown
The political pollsters are predicting a low voter turn out for this Tuesdays election. They say it is because the two statewide candidates are incapable of generating excitement because their personalities do not engender charisma.
That might be true, but it is not a sufficient enough reason for African Americans to be turned off or stay at home on election day. We can never afford the luxury of not voting in this country because the stakes are always too high for us.
Witnessing Haitians jumping off boats into the ocean just to be in America, should be evidence enough for us to vote. When we hear that they will be placed in jail then placed on another boat and returned to Haiti just because of the color of their skin, is another reason to vote. When you hear that no other immigrant group is treated that way should be another reason to vote.
When we constantly see that African Americans have twice the unemployment rate as Whites, thats another reason to vote. As a matter of enhancing our vote we should surely go and vote when others stay home. This has been the hallmark of the Republican party and Jewish community. They have made it a part of their Have To Do list and they vote regardless of the candidates or issues. They know practice makes perfect and consistency will eventually get the better candidate. They know that by voting it keeps you in the game.
So this Tuesday go out and vote and stay in the game. The Angels are world champions today because they believed they were still in the game regardless of the score.
STATE of california
Governor
Gray Davis
Lieutenant Governor
Cruz m. Bustamante
Secretary of State
Kevin Shelley
State Controller
Steve Westly
State Treasurer
PhiL Angelides
Attorney General
Bill Lockyer
Insurance Commissioner
John Garamendi
Judicial
Judicial Supreme Court no recommendations
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals no recommendations
School
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Jack OConnell
Measures submitted to the voters
State Proposition 46 Yes
State Proposition 47 Yes
State Proposition 48 Yes
State Proposition 49 Yes
State Proposition 50 Yes
State Proposition 51 Yes
State Proposition 52 Yes
San Bernardino County
United States Representative
U.S. Representative, 43rd District
Joe Baca
U.S. Representative, 41st District
Jerry Lewis
State Senate
State Senator, 32nd District
Nell Soto
Member of the State Assembly
State Assembly, 62nd District
John Longville
State Assembly, 61st District
Gloria Negrete McLeod
State Assembly, 63rd District
Doris Wallace
Fontana
Mayor
David Eshleman
City Clerk
Bea Watson
Highland
City Council
Raymond Rucker, jr.
Rialto
City Council
Deborah Robertson
City Council
Joseph Joe Sampson
County
County Supervisor, 2nd Supervisorial
jon mikels
County Assessor
Linda Foster
District Attorney
Mike Ramos
School Measures
SBCCD Special Bond P Yes
City Measures
City Charter Amendment C Yes
City Charter Amendment D Yes
Transient Lodging Tax E Yes
Riverside County
Sample Ballot
United States Representative
U.S. Representative, 44th District
Ken Calvert
U.S. Representative, 45th District
Mary Bono
State Senator
State Senator, 36th District
Adrienne Westall
Member of the Sate Assembly
State Assembly, 64th District
Robert Melsh
State Assembly, 66th District
Ray Haynes
County
County Supervisor, 5th Supervisorial
Marion Ashley
Auditor
Robert E. Byrd
Los Angeles county
United States Representative
U.S. Representative, 37th District
Juanita McDonald
U.S. Representative, 9th District
Barbara Lee
U.S. Representative, 35th District
Maxine Waters
U.S. Representative, 32nd District
Dianne Watson
State Senate
State Assembly, 26th District
Kevin Murray
Member of the State Assembly
State Assembly, 47th District
Herb Wesson
State Assembly, 51st District
Jerome Horton
State Assembly, 52nd District
Merv Dymally
State Assembly, 48th District
Mark Ridley Thomas