Primary Run-off coming up

Early voting begins on the 18th. It doesn't last all that long. Voting day is on the 26th.

In Texas, you don't have to be registered to either party to vote in the primary. However, for run-offs, you have to stick with the same party. You can't jump parties.

Not too sure if you failed to vote in the first round, if you can vote in the run-off. Maybe you can't vote now if you didn't vote before. Since I voted, I can vote. I will vote. That is, unless I drop dead first.

The first round wasn't too good in my case. I wasn't as prepared as I should've been. Now I am better prepared.

Texas votes on just about everything. That's because of the Constitution adopted after Reconstruction from the Civil War. There was a governor who wouldn't leave. For awhile, Texas had two governors. After that crisis was resolved, the state decided it didn't need a strong governor. So, the governor's office is relatively weak. One way to weaken the governor was to have a lot of elective offices. Thus, the Texas governor cannot appoint his own people.

Having a long ballot requires a lot of effort on the part of voters. Some embarrassments are probably unavoidable. One year, many years ago, a candidate with a well known name won, but was not in any way related to the individual who had that famous name. The guy turned out to be a crook. How embarrassing.

I'd rather not vote for anyone that I don't have some solid information about. Know what I mean, Vern?