I voted for Joyce Eubanks too--absentee baby.

(For reasons I will explain later, I am actually in Covington, KY right now working with MoveOn.org on a gubernatorial election. Which means I had to absentee vote.)

The absentee ballot makes it really easy to write in votes. However, for those of you using machines tomorrow, write-ins are possible too, and I suggest you write in for the following offices:

* City Commissioners
* Sheriff
* Traffic Court Judges

There are obviously other chances to write in candidates, but these are the ones that stick out to me. Even though the incumbent Dems will win, every little chink we can make in the armor of vestigial and/or patronage offices is good.

On judicial retention, I found it hard to figure out which judges were Republicans and which were Dems. I say vote NO on all Republican statewide judicial candidates. They are:

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
NO, Justice Thomas G. Saylor

Superior Court of Pennsylvania
NO, Judge Joan Orie Melvin
NO, Judge Correale F. Stevens

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
NO, Judge Bonnie B. Leadbetter

In addition to problems with Judge Theresa Deni, two other local, Municipal Court judges have not been recommended by the Bar Association. You should vote no on them as well:

NO, Judge Georganne V. Daher
NO, Judge Deborah S. Griffi

Polls open at 7 AM and close at 8 PM. Find your polling place here www.hallwatch.org