A Democracy With Everything but a Choice
Posted on AllSides September 4th, 2024
From The Left
Bryan Birks for The New York Times
ANALYSIS
This November, voters in rural Perry County, Mo., will face a ballot with candidates for a bevy of local offices: state senator, state representative and circuit judge; two county commissioners, sheriff and many more.
What they won’t face is a choice.
Each of the 17 down-ballot races in Perry County has only one candidate. Just south, Cape Girardeau County fares only slightly better: Three of 12 races have two candidates.
All the candidates in the uncontested races are Republicans. And in those few races where a Democrat also is on...
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