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In what follows, I'll assume you already have a passing familiarity with the candidates and ballot measures. For background information, http://smartvoter.org/ and https://ballotpedia.org are helpful.
Like most such guides, this one will start out being relevant to everyone eligible to vote in the US, then quickly narrow itself to just California, then further narrow itself to Alameda County and then Oakland (specifically City Council District 1).
tl;dr: Californians, vote no on 60 if you want to protect sex workers, yes on 62 to abolish the death penalty, and Oaklanders vote no on Measure HH to oppose fat-shaming and vote yes on Measure JJ to extend protection against unjust evictions. In writing this, I was helped by the Alameda County Green Party's voter guide and the Friends Committee on Legislation of California (FCLCA) voter guide.
President: Hillary Rodham Clinton
I don't believe that Clinton is the lesser of two evils, or in fact, evil. I believe she is the best-qualified person to be president. I'm not considering making a protest vote; to me, there's nothing to protest.
I'm leaving this part brief both because you've probably already made up your mind, and other people have already said the rest (I don't, of course, agree with every point made in every one of the following articles):
US Senator: Loretta Sanchez
I'm a single-issue voter -- in this specific case, that issue is not attacking sex workers:
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Like most such guides, this one will start out being relevant to everyone eligible to vote in the US, then quickly narrow itself to just California, then further narrow itself to Alameda County and then Oakland (specifically City Council District 1).
tl;dr: Californians, vote no on 60 if you want to protect sex workers, yes on 62 to abolish the death penalty, and Oaklanders vote no on Measure HH to oppose fat-shaming and vote yes on Measure JJ to extend protection against unjust evictions. In writing this, I was helped by the Alameda County Green Party's voter guide and the Friends Committee on Legislation of California (FCLCA) voter guide.
President: Hillary Rodham Clinton
I don't believe that Clinton is the lesser of two evils, or in fact, evil. I believe she is the best-qualified person to be president. I'm not considering making a protest vote; to me, there's nothing to protest.
I'm leaving this part brief both because you've probably already made up your mind, and other people have already said the rest (I don't, of course, agree with every point made in every one of the following articles):
- What Hillary Clinton's Fans Love About Her, by Chimamanda Adichie
- Goodbye to all that: I’m done with Election 2016, by Sady Doyle
- Hillary Clinton: My President, My Patronus, by Tierney Wisniewski
- The Leftist Case for Clinton, by Milo Beckman
- Admit It. The Clinton Email Controversy Bothers You, Yet You Don’t Actually Know What the Clinton Email Controversy Is, by Ken Crossland
- Trump’s history of corruption is mind-boggling. So why is Clinton supposedly the corrupt one?, by Paul Waldman
- Hillary Clinton’s 3 debate performances left the Trump campaign in ruins, by Ezra Klein
- To find Hillary Clinton likable, we must learn to view women as complex beings, by Caroline Siede
- Not your feminist dream girl, by Raquel Rosario Sanchez
- This may shock you: Hillary Clinton is fundamentally honest, by Jill Abramson
- Hillary Clinton isn't progressive. She's just the lesser evil in the general election, by Kiese Laymon
US Senator: Loretta Sanchez
I'm a single-issue voter -- in this specific case, that issue is not attacking sex workers:
A sex work activist group, the Erotic Service Providers Legal Education Research Project (ESPLERP), today joined sex worker rights groups and civil rights organisations in condemning yesterday’s raid on Backpage’s Dallas offices and the arrest of their CEO and controlling shareholders.
“This is just the latest attempt to shut down online sex work advertising,” said Maxine Doogan, President of ESPLERP. “It will not stop sex work. All it will do is force sex workers back onto the streets, where they are far less safe and vulnerable to violence and extortion. In effect, Kamala Harris is deliberately making the lives of sex workers more dangerous to boost her Senate hopes. Disgusting.”
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