In my last post, I lamented the lack of a civil-liberties based voting guide. Well, a quick search on Google lead me to the ACLU Scorecard.
Of course, like any voting guide, it has the deficiency in that it can only rate the incumbents (since, by definition, most challengers don’t have a voting record).
Still, even this voters’ guide is not infallible. For instance, they list the results of a vote on school vouchers (so far, so good). However, they note that “The ACLU opposed the amendment”, which seemed a bit odd to me since vouchers would only offer parents more choices in the education options of their children :-/.
Leave a comment below if you have any other voters guides to recommend.
Actually, vouchers can be a very superficial and inefficient program because they do not give enough money to parents to actually have a choice. The average voucher is say, 3k, while the average prep school tuition is 15-20k. There are serious issues with the separation of church and state and how priveledge and inside information plays into which kids get to choose the best schools, and who gets left behind. Not that you need to think that, but that’s why the ACLU is against the idea in general. It’s one of those issues you really need to research to see all the sides. Just wanted to clear up your confusion.