Voting in the 29th...

Here we are again in a mid-term election with the usual suspects. Two major candidates—one a medical collections lawyer and the other a kid who has less real-life experience than the average voter in the 29th.

We all talk about how the government is filled with elitists with little in common with the folks. We talk about how the parties are too similar. We talk about how the committees, lobbyists, and PACs have too much sway. We talk about how the country is headed in the wrong direction.

And this is the best the two parties have to offer?

Well, not really. We really do have a choice.

Janice Volk.

Janice has worked hard these last several months traveling and speaking to the constituents in our huge district. She is thoughtful, honest, hard-working, and most represents the average worker, parent, grandparent, and citizen in our area. She has been dismissed by some because she is a “Write-In” candidate. Why? Because they “can’t win?” Hardly.

The famous South Carolina Senator and Governor Strom Thurmond won as a “Write-In” Candidate for Congress in 1954 (he was a Democrat at the time). Charlie Wilson (D) became a Congressman after his successful “Write-in” campaign in Ohio in 2006. “Write-In” Candidate for Governor of Alaska Lisa Murkowski (R) is reportedly in a “dead-heat” race with her Democratic opponent, frightening the Election Commission into considering “banning” these kind of candidates. Herbert Hoover, FDR, Eisenhower, Nixon, JFK? They ALL won primaries as “Write-In” candidates. While the history of “Write-In” candidates indicates a definite uphill battle, there are hundreds of “Write-In” candidates (U.S. record numbers) running for office this November. They are hardly unqualified.

It’s time we think outside the box. When we sit in that little booth, pencil in hand, there’s no commissioner, party head, or lobbyist there to tell us how to vote. We need to stop thinking about “splitting the vote” or “taking down” other party. Our Republic’s future is at stake. We simply can’t trust people who promise not to raise taxes and then turn around and raise taxes. We simply can’t trust people who, while our district faces the toughest economic times since the Depression, insert “Green Energy” into every other sentence.

Jan is a pilot, an alpaca farmer, an expert in health care administration, and a former security officer. She’s also a 100% pro-life Christian, a Mom, a gun-rights advocate, and has a common sense approach to governing. She is truly the ONLY viable choice for representation in the 29th District. Visit her website at www.janiceforcongress.com. Write her in and make more history.