OH-3

Centralized defranchisement

Nov 3 2009, DAVID ESRATI 9440 votes. City of Dayton commission race. July 13 2010 David Esrati 958 votes Democratic special primary, OH-3 add in 50 votes in part of Warren County, no results available in Highland County, and 28 votes in Clinton County with ZERO results on the Secretary of State page and you Read More

Firing Generals and special primary elections

The upcoming primary is going to be totally different than most elections in that voters in Clinton, Highland and Montgomery Counties will end up voting in central locations- the fraction of Warren County that is in OH-3, will go to their regular voting locations. So the three counties are sending letters to all voters to Read More

The campaign trail, via motorcycle

Last night I strapped 10 sign frames to the back of the bike, put the plastic bag signs in the luggage, along with buttons, bumper stickers, and old campaign lit- and made my way down to the Warren County Democrats’ organizational meeting. It may not be the easiest way to get your campaign stuff to Read More

The costs of campaigns

I’ll let you in on a little secret, the real reason we don’t have campaign finance reform is not because the politicians like raising money and figuring out ways to effectively win elections. It’s because there is a huge industry that it supports, and the biggest player is the mass media. Politicians buy TV ads, Read More

On the special election primary

A lot of confusion on the Dayton Daily News comments boards about this expensive special election primary- and it’s time to dispel some of that confusion. If only one person runs- there STILL has to be a primary. All the way up until 40 days before the November election, a primary must be held. Had Read More

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