We still have our August 11, 2020 election ballots and I have no clue what to do with them. I can’t vote. I’m stuck. Can someone explain this to me? I’ll google what I can after this post, but maybe someone here can just give me a clear answer real quick. Politically, I’m not with a specific party. I vote for PEOPLE, not PARTIES. I don’t understand how anyone can just pick a party and blindly stand behind everything that party supports and endorses. I try to find out what each politician stands for, and if I feel the same then I vote for that person.

So on the ballot (see the scanned ballot image I’ve included here) in the box “Special Instructions for Voting in a Partisan Primary” it says: “You may choose only ONE party’s primary. If you choose a party, votes cast in that party will be counted. Votes cast in any other party will NOT be counted. If you do NOT choose a party, and you vote in more than one party, NO votes will be counted. You must vote for individual candidates.”

I would LIKE to vote for individual candidates, but since at least one of the people I want to vote for is not in the same party as my other preferences, I can’t, as none of my votes will be counted. Is that correct? If so, this is all just a waste of time.

I don’t how they expect regular people to even understand enough of the complexities of these ballots, let alone how each politician stands on each of the key issues! Why does it have to be so divided like this? To me, it makes no sense. I can only hope the November election ballot isn’t the same way. Is this just the way a “Partison Primary” works? If so, what’s the point? Does this ballot even result in people winning an position?