On the Ballot

In late-September 2020, I received my general-election ballot, with respect to my specific location of residence, in my home state of Michigan. 

On the Ballot, for U.S. President, are: Democrat Joe Biden; Republican incumbent Donald Trump; Libertarian Jo Jorgensen; U.S. Taxpayers’s Don Blankenship; Green’s Howie Hawkins; and Natural Law’s Rocky De La Fuente. (For the first time that I can remember, during my adult life, the Democrats are on the first line; it used to be the Republicans. I mentioned them in their listed order.)

There is a line below those listed that is blank. That would be for Write-In.

There is nothing for, say, Party of Socialism and Liberation nominee Gloria La Riva. (Her website says she is on the ballot in 15 states and is a Write-In candidate in 13, neither of which applies to Michigan. Source: Gloria La Riva.)

With three weeks until the scheduled date of the general election, which is Tuesday, November 3, 2020, I don’t know exactly for whom I will vote. I don’t know, for certain, if I will vote. I do know that none of those listed for U.S. President will receive my vote. This especially means I will not vote for either of the two major U.S. political parties—neither represents me—in any race in which they are On the Ballot.

Due to COVID–19, I consider 2020 to be a Lost Year.

This Lost Year is also greatly applicable to the 2020 United States presidential election.