* * * * * “NPA” seems to be a popular party these days … I received the sample ballot in the mail today (okay, technically yesterday but I'm still in “today” mode) and I'm excited to see all the non- Republican/non-Democratic candidates in the eight races I can vote in on November 2^nd. There are eight Republicans [1], eight Democrats [2] (figures the Republicans would have a .com and the Democrats a .org), one Libertarian [3] (Alex Snitker [4]), one Constitutional Party of Florida [5] (Bernie DeCastro [6]), one for the Tea Party [7] (Ira Chester [8]), two Independance Party [9] candidates (Peter Allen [10] and his running mate John Zanni) and fifteen (count them, fifteen) non-party-affiliated candidates. I find that wonderful for some reason. Do I really expect the non-Republicans/non-Democrats to win? Not really, but a guy can hope, right? [1] http://www.gop.com/ [2] http://www.democrats.org/ [3] http://www.lp.org/ [4] http://snitker2010.com/ [5] http://www.cpflorida.com/ [6] http://www.electbernie.com/ [7] http://www.teaparty.org/ [8] http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=124202 [9] http://independenceamerica.com/ [10] http://peter4governor.com/governor/ Email Sean Conner at sean@conman.org .