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Why Vote In Uncontested Primary?

One of the side stories of this primary election:  For the first time, party affiliations and ballot choices are now a matter of public record. Dan Popkey of the Idaho Statesman wrote about how this affects people like judges, government workers and journalists who need to stay unbiased in the public eye. Most political journalists I know decided not to vote.  Initially, I planned to vote in one of the primary races. I didn’t like the idea of being bullied into not voting, and I was grateful for the support of my editor and my publisher.  But yesterday, I had second thoughts. … So this morning, I went to the polls, showed my photo ID, and asked for the unaffiliated ballot. The poll worker pointed out that there wasn’t much to vote on — just three uncontested judicial races. I know, I said. It took five seconds to fill in the three bubbles / Melissa Davlin , Twin Falls Times-News. More here.

Question: Did you leave decide not to vote in any races? Which ones?

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Huckleberries Online." Read all stories from this blog