Selection Day

So I was going to have an elaborate election post bashing and hating on all those who weren't going to vote until I myself decided not to vote. I feel as if I regret this BUT it is an experiment: I will now post who I WOULD be voting for below we shall see if my vote even counts. Okay a few facts, I'm Libertarian and I live in South Carolina. Here we go:

U.S. Senate
Bob Conley (D)

U.S. House of Representatives District 6
Nancy Harrelson (R)

President and Vice President
Bob Barr and Wayne A Root (L)

Amendment No. 1
Must Section 33, Article III of the Constitution of this State be amended so as to delete the provision that no unmarried woman shall legally consent to sexual intercourse who shall not have attained the age of fourteen years?
Explanation:
This amendment deletes the section of the Constitution which says an unmarried woman must be fourteen years old or older in order to consent to sexual intercourse. Deleting this section would allow the state Legislature to set the age of consent. Currently, the state legislature has the age of consent set at sixteen for most cases. A "yes" vote would delete the section from the Constitution and let the state Legislature set the age of consent. A "no" vote would leave the section of the Constitution in place.

Vote: No

Amendment No. 2
Must Section 16, Article X of the Constitution of this State relating to benefits and funding of public employee pension plans in this State and the investments allowed for funds of the various state-operated retirement systems be amended so as to provide that the funds of any trust fund established by law for the funding of post-employment benefits for state employees and public school teachers may be invested and reinvested in equity securities subject to the same limitations on such investments applicable for the funds of the various state-operated retirement systems?
Explanation:
"Post-employment benefits" are benefits, mainly health insurance, provided to eligible state government and school district retirees. To comply with a change in accounting standards, the state has created trust funds to pay for these post-employment benefits. This amendment relates to how the money in these trust funds may be invested. A "yes" vote would give the state government the option to invest these funds in equity securities (stocks). A "no" vote would mean that state government is not allowed to invest these funds in any kind of equity securities (stocks).

Vote: No



Amendment No. 3
Must Section 16, Article X of the Constitution of this State relating to benefits and funding of public employee pension plans in this State and the investments allowed for funds of the various state-operated retirement systems be amended so as to provide that the funds of any political subdivision of this State that have been set aside for the funding of post-employment benefits for the political subdivision's employees, including those invested in independent trusts established for that purpose, may be invested or reinvested in equity securities of the type permitted for investment by the various state operated retirement systems, as provided for by the General Assembly?
Explanation:
This amendment is the same as Amendment 2 except it applies to local governments' post-employment benefits (instead of the state government's post-employment benefits).

Vote: No

City of Florence Referendum
Shall the South Carolina Department of Revenue be authorized to issue temporary permits in the city of Florence, South Carolina for a period not to exceed twenty-four hours to allow the possession, sale, and consumption of alcoholic liquors by the drink to bona fide nonprofit organizations and business establishments otherwise authorized to be licensed for consumption-on-premises sales?
A "yes" vote would authorize the South Carolina Department of Revenue to issue temporary permits to nonprofit organizations and business establishments, otherwise authorized to be licensed for consumption-on-premises sales, within the City of Florence to allow possession, sale, and consumption of alcoholic liquors by the drink on any day of the week, including Sunday.
A "no" vote would not authorize the South Carolina Department of Revenue to issue temporary permits for consumption-on-premises sales to nonprofit organizations or business establishments within the City of Florence for possession, sale, or consumption of alcoholic liquors by the drink on Sunday.
Explanation:
Should the referendum question set out above be answered by the voters in the affirmative, the South Carolina Department of Revenue will be authorized to issue temporary permits to allow the possession, sale, and consumption of alcoholic liquors by the drink to bona fide nonprofit organizations and business establishments, otherwise authorized to be licensed for consumption-on-premises sale for a period not to exceed twenty-four hours for a one hundred-fifty dollars filing and one-day permit fee, or an annual fifty-two week temporary permit for a three thousand dollars per year fee. These permits can apply to any day of the week, including Sunday. This Public Referendum was approved by Ordinance No. 2008-39 by the City Council of the City of Florence on the 14th Day of August, 2008 to be on the November 4, 2008 General Election Ballot for voters in the City of Florence.

Vote: No