Better late than never, we endorse state Sen. Michael Meyer von Bremen in the only contested Georgia Court of Appeals contest. See the rest of our Voter’s Guide and our Fulton and DeKalb Cheat Sheet.
In the Court of Appeals contest: While there are other strong candidates, Meyer von Bremen has proven himself as a fair and judicious public servant, and stands the best chance at turning over a religious right-winger’s attempt to win the seat.
My friend, former Scene & Herd Recurring Character Matt Gove, reports he’s been waiting in line for more than 90 minutes this afternoon to vote at the Fulton County government building downtown.
From the look of the line, he says he expects to be in line for another hour or so.
Our democracy is prepared for all challenges — except voter participation.
UPDATE: Mr. Gove says he waited in line for three-and-a-half hours before he was able to vote.
Now that pollsters are saying U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss is running the risk of losing his job, attacks are flying left and right in the race for his seat.
Once Chambliss started to feel vulnerable, he finally began mentioning the name of his Democratic nominee, Jim Martin, who was happy to just ramp up the attacks on the incumbent. And once the polls showed the race as close as even, Democratic Party heavies started pouring money into the state. (Martin outraised Chambliss in the third quarter.) Even Libertarian Party nominee Allen Buckley is lobbing Molotov commercials at Chambliss’ camp. (I’d like to add Buckley to the list of people Martin needs to thank should he unseat Chambliss.)
Well, Martin’s got a new shame-on-you-Saxby spot that says while he pushed for legislation and facilities that helped Georgia children, the incumbent Republican’s just worked for Wall Street.
Check out CL’s 2008 Voter’s Guide and add your comments to races you care about. It continues to be updated, and on Oct. 21, come back to find a handy cheat-sheet to guide to the voting booth.
