November 2014 Elections: When You Skip Voting It’s Not Rebellion, It’s Surrender

An Introduction to SD Free Press General Election Coverage

By Doug Porter  It’s time to get out the vote again!? For those of us who live in the City of San Diego the November general election will be our third trip to the polls this year. As we’re learning from watching the voter-suppression efforts succeed in 22 states since 2010, your vote must mean something; otherwise they wouldn’t be trying to take it away from you. Of course, your right to vote means nothing if you don’t exercise it. Over the next few weeks the San Diego Free Press will be presenting coverage of the candidates and issues we hope will be of interest to progressive-minded voters. While this may not be the most exciting election ever, the results of general elections have a broad impact on how we are governed and how our taxes are spent. (The Monday thru Friday Starting Line Column will be on hiatus thru October 12th.)