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My dad, Jesse McVay, filed today in the Register of Wills election.

Register of Wills is an office the major parties typically reserve for loyal, yet unpolished candidates. There will be no great controversy over the policies of the Register of Wills. No one will show up to the polls due to their strong convictions about who should serve in this important office.

It's not a glamorous job. The official duties of the Register of Wills Office are to accept and process estate paperwork during probate. It is a largely technocratic role, handled by a very professional staff. This makes the Registrar's job a largely managerial role, ensuring that the process is conducted properly and that staffers are accountable and responsive to their customers, the estate attorneys, their clients, and the general public.

My dad is not a party functionary being tossed a bone. He is a serious individual with a very methodical and detail oriented mind. He has an even temperament and an infinite capacity to listen. He has a strong and independent tenacity, but an open mind willing to learn.

He has not chosen to undertake this contest in order to promote his party or gain favor with its high minded dignitaries. He has chosen to undertake this contest in order to raise the important questions about the political nature of the office. Would a Democratic Registrar process estate paperwork differently from a Republican? From an Independent, Libertarian, or Green Party member?

I can tell you how my dad will process estate paperwork. He will do so carefully, efficiently, and cost-effectively. He will work with the Levy Court commissioners when possible to reduce waste, improve procedures, and more responsively interact with the public. These are the goals of any good manager, and they are goals my father will work tirelessly to achieve if you elect Jesse McVay as the Kent County Register of Wills in 2012.

http://www.willmcvay.com/2012/03/jesse-mcvay-for-register-of-wills.html

Well I am glad to hear that you are fully supportive of Yo Father and I am quite certain that he will make a FINE Register of the Wills for the folks of Kent County Delaware! But my personally being a LIFE LONG DEMOCRAT must support who ever the Democrat Candidate might be in that particular contest! Soory but ever since George W. Bush I have vowed from here on out to VOTE strictly along party lines! In the past I have dillied dallied voting for Repuglican's here and there now and then! But I have to tell ya! after 8-years of Bush/Cheney I now feel that I BEST return to my DEMOCRAT Root's and stay put for what ever remaining day's the Good Lord may have blessed me with! Them two Honcho's George Bush and Dick Cheney done taught me a lesson like I doubt that I can ever forget! Plus being a 69-year old UAW/GM Retiree that nearly LOST his monthly pension stipend lets me tell ya! I think I have done learned my lesson as far as how many elections I might still have in these old bones. But I do sincerely wish Yo Father the BEST of LUCK! Should there be NO Democrat a running for that there Office of Register of the Wills Kent County Delaware! Lets just say it comes down to only a conest between Yo Pa and some Ole' Repuglican rest assured Yo Daddy will have my VOTE for sure!!!!! CamdenHarry...

Hi Legends

You must vote your conscience, of course, but I would warn you that voting a straight party ticket is not quite voting YOUR conscience, it is voting your PARTY'S conscience.  If you trust the conscience of your party, then by all means, support their candidate.  I turned against the Republican Party because of George W. Bush as well.  So did my father.  He is currently the only candidate in the race for an open seat, so anyone else who challenges him should do so on the basis of his qualifications.  Making the Register of Wills election about ability instead of about party loyalty is one of the reasons I support my father's candidacy.