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Voted by mail (Oregon) last week. Straight Republican tickets for both hubs and I.

There is an nteresting measure on the ballot. It is the 'trend' here in Oregon, for a sitting Judge to 'retire' prior to the end of his/her term when there is a Dem governor. The Gov. then appoints a replacement, and even if it is only a couple of weeks before the election, the appt'd Judge becomes the Incumbent (and 99% of the time is the only one on the ballot) and easily wins the election. A Judge's political party is NOT listed on the ballots either. This practice has led to VERY leftist state courts.

One of the measures we are voting on here is to add "None of the Above" to the list of judicial candidates. This should help put the kibosh on this dirty little trick.