Voting

Robert Heinlein once observed that a citizen in a democracy has a duty to vote in the elections. Voting intelligently is a non-trivial exercise requiring research on the part of the voter as to what the candidates stand for (if anything), what the questions on the ballot might do, and who will wind up with your money and rights afterwords.
I've thought about this a lot, after seeing ballot questions arranged so as to do the opposite of what you think they'll do, candidates who lie like old hound dogs (most of them), and other flim-flammery passed off on me. If you don't vote, you can't legitimately bitch about the outcome of the elections, but doing the homework requires effort, which nobody really wants to do. If you don't want to do the digging, you can take the easy was out and do this:

1. Vote against all the incumbents. Power corrupts, they have it.
2. Vote to reject all the judges. See above.
3. Vote NO on all the questions. Most of the time, they can be paraphrased as "Thank you sir for your generous contribution last year. May we have another trip through your bank account?"

I do not promise this to be the best solution to societys problems, but if you vote this way, you will seldom be in a position of regretting the way you cast your vote.

The worlds smallest political quiz says I'm just slightly to the right of center, substantiating my claims to being a moderate. It indicates that I'm strongly anti-statist however which is the root of most of my disagreements with the left.

That said, the Colorado Republican Business Coallition has a rundown of the ballot questions with recommendations on them, and I agree with them except on 46, which prohibits the State from discriminating or giving preferential treatment based on race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin. I'm voting yes on this one.

Question 59 essentially legalizes outright wholesale theft by the government, from the taxpayer. Vote NO, find out who's behind it, and string them up.