In Today's Election, Remember 2020

[XLFD]

Some of you have voted, some of you have tuned out all of the election hullaballoo by now after seeing almost non-stop political ads over the last few weeks, others will vote later on today.  Please keep reading if you are the latter.

The ballot has no presidential candidate nor does it have a candidate for one of the two senate seats Michigan has, but it's a very important election, especially if you want to do something positive after enduring the last couple years of Covid protocols and decisions that seem to move the state in a negative direction.  The important things to remember when going to the poll today is to remember what happened in 2020 and how you can go about remedying that today at the ballot box.

The first three choices on the Michigan ballot today and the last three choices are ones to key on.  The former three have you decide who to choose for the office of state governor, attorney general, and secretary of state.  The last three are the three state proposals (looked at in detail here).  The middle of the ballot is rather esoteric, especially in our area, where you generally have the choice of an uninspiring Republican incumbent challenged by an equally uninspiring Democrat hoping quixotically to win because of their abortion rights stance.  

This might also be said of the three Democrat incumbents serving at the top three state spots.  On the other hand, the Republican challengers for the three top positions are not tired career politicians, they started their career precisely because of what the three officeholders did in 2020 during the height of Covid-19.  

Governor candidate Tudor Dixon was a TV commentator on the Real America's Voice network often jawboning with fellow Michigander Steve Gruber about how oppressive it was during that time to live in Michigan under the dictates and policies of the triumvirate.  She became motivated to run for how it affected her four young girls and after seeing barbers and restaurant owners being criminally pursued by MI AG Dana Nessel. 

The Ludington Torch is dedicated to keeping government under control, transparent, and totally accountable to the people, Governor Gretchen Whitmer went totally against these ideals in 2020, Dixon bravely fought for them in 2020 and wants to champion these causes in her governorship.  The choice is clear if you want an open, logical, and responsive governor who will never stop you from buying seeds in the spring or sanction the prosecution of your neighbors for unnecessary travelling.

Attorney General candidate Matthew DePerno was an attorney originally retained by one-time Ludington resident William Bailey to contest voting irregularities noted in Antrim County.  Over the course of that lawsuit, they were able to forensically look at Dominion voting machines, and even though they found issues with them, DePerno's push for a statewide audit was thwarted by state officials not willing to do so, led by the secretary of state who made an audit undoable, and by the person who now is his opponent, Nessel.  Nessel famously sided against our local Fivecap in 2020 providing services to the needy when they were alleged to be having too many non-essential workers employed.  

Secretary of State candidate Kristina Karamo is an instructor at a community college driven to become the new SOS by all of the irregularities of the 2020 election and the inefficient way the current SOS Jocelyn Benson runs offices, mostly closed during the course of 2020 and beyond (yet Benson in her ads touts she has fixed the long lines at SOS offices statewide).  Karamo has compiled a couple dozen videos showing why Benson is bad for Michigan, and how she could do better. 

While the challengers offer a lot of ideas on how to improve the service of their respective offices, the incumbents appear to have only two issues (reflected in the proposals), their solid support to affirm 'reproductive rights' and 'voting rights'.  An honest look at their stance on both issues show what they are actually stumping for is anti-reproductive privileges for women and children and instituting election law that makes cheating and fraud a lot easier. 

This is what proposal three and proposal two, respectively, will add to the Michigan Constitution, which is why any freedom-loving person should vote against these new 'rights'.  What we need is an abortion policy forged by our state representatives listening to what the people want and election integrity legislation that will ensure that the election irregularities and fraud-possibilities in 2020 (and possibly 2022) will not happen ever again. 

If you believe in keeping government under control, transparent, and totally accountable to the people, remember the failings of the current administration in 2020 and vote for the challenger Republicans at the top of the ticket, then vote against all of the statewide proposals that are deceptively contrary to their summarized titles.  And take a friend or a dozen to the polls who feel the same way.  

[Freedom Seeker]

Well passioned, X. Thanks for a meaningful summary. In addition to Dana's dastardly deeds ... the collapse of Edenville dam and subsequently Sanford dam putting Midland Dow Chemical in jeopardy. She's should be prosecuted for ordering Boyce (knowing the weakness of Edenville dam) to raise the water levels of Wixom lake before the spring rains. Local rumor has it that Dana has friends on Wixom who wanted their boat out with high water level. (Nessel publicly said it was to save the mussels.) She knows nothing about dam operation. For that plus many other things I'm voting against her and the whole lot of liberal cohorts ruining the economy.

[XLFD]

Thanks, I could've gone into more detail on Dana, Jocelyn, and Gretchen and all they did wrong in just the year 2020, but I wanted to keep it a short essay.  

Michigan suffered a calamity on this election and I really cannot explain why my fellow Ludington citizens embraced bad leaders and bad proposals.  I've looked through all six ward election results and each chose Whitmer over Dixon, at a higher percentage than the rest of the state did.  Benson did the same over Karamo in the SOS race, Nessel lost a couple of wards to DePerno for the AG, but won in the overall vote total for Ludington.  These were quality challengers up against well-established swamp creatures, and they lost in the small town of Ludington!  Surprisingly, progressive Mayor Miller lost big against traditionalist XLPD chief Mark Barnett, especially in their home ward #1, where the span was 462-242.

Then there was the three proposals.  In Ludington, Prop 1 garnered over 60% in every ward, this wasn't necessarily unexpected because it reads well for the unwary.  But Prop 2, which kills election integrity, passed in every ward by fairly good margins.  And Prop 3, which will greatly expand 'reproductive rights' to the point of absurdity, passed in each ward, winning fully by 90 votes in Sixth Ward.  

When one looks at rural townships like Custer, Dixon, DePerno and Karamo won with nearly 70% of the votes, and every single proposal failed, Proposal 3 having 65% of the people casting no votes.