{"id":9234,"date":"2020-09-29T16:41:45","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T20:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/?p=9234"},"modified":"2020-09-29T16:41:48","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T20:41:48","slug":"recommending-league-of-women-voters-of-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2020\/09\/29\/recommending-league-of-women-voters-of-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"Recommending:  League of Women Voters of Florida&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2020 Nonpartisan Voters Guide<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>While this does have to do with the 2020 election specific to Florida, it does not have to do with partisan politics.  I do considerable research on all the offices and issues for which I cast my vote.  Honestly, the process is about as fun as doing my taxes, but I want to be confident in what I am voting for.  The Constitutional Amendments section of our ballot always sends me a little cross-eyed.  In case anyone else out there is beating their head on the same brick, I wanted to share that the <a href=\"https:\/\/hclwv.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/voters-guide-LWV-2020.pdf\">League of Women Voters of Florida&#8217;s 2020 Nonpartisan Voters Guide<\/a> on the FL Constitutional Amendments on the ballot is super helpful with understanding what the amendments really mean.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2020 Nonpartisan Voters Guide While this does have to do with the 2020 election specific to Florida, it does not have to do with partisan politics. I do considerable research on all the offices and issues for which I cast my vote. Honestly, the process is about as fun as doing my taxes, but I&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2020\/09\/29\/recommending-league-of-women-voters-of-florida\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Recommending:  League of Women Voters of Florida&#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9163,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2020\/08\/26\/voting-during-a-pandemic\/","url_meta":{"origin":9234,"position":0},"title":"Voting During a Pandemic","author":"leems","date":"August 26, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Are you already registered to vote by mail? 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