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Tips for Using the

League of Women Voters Guide

 

Open a new browser window and paste the following link into the browser.

 

https://www.vote411.org/plan-your-vote 

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On the opening screen, enter your address and scroll down to select Your Party, then click Save & View Races.

 

A list of races comes up with U.S. President listed first. Click on View Race on the right to see the Democratic candidates.

 

I find it simplest to go through the list in order, starting with the Presidential race. Once you decide on a candidate to support, click on My Choice next the candidate’s name, then click Save & Next button. You can always come back later and change a choice if you want.

 

If I get to a race with only one Democratic candidate, I select that candidate as My Choice. I’m a Democrat and vote for Democrats up and down the ballot.

 

If I get to a race with two or more Democratic candidates, I check the View Answers box for each one. Then scroll down to see their answers to LWV questions. Once I’ve made a decision, I click My Choice next to the one I’ve picked, then click Save & Next.

 

Once you’re done (gone through all the races on the list), you can print your voting selections and take them with you to the polls.

 

Because so many Travis county-level offices have just one Democratic in the race, the research goes quickly. I finished my picks in about 1 1/2 hours.

 

The Travis Primary is really important, because Republicans have largely given up the fight for county-level offices. So the Democratic winners of the Travis Primary often run unopposed or weakly opposed in November’s General Election.

 

We owe a debt of gratitude to the League of Women Voters for giving us a tool that makes our “due diligence” so easy. Thank you LWV!

 

Joan Carney, Member, North Shore Democrats of Travis County