I ran across this article last week that's a filling out of a long BlueSky thread chain. I thought it was interesting, so I'm sharing:
What Happens When Fascists Realize They Might Lose?: The attack on Ilhan Omar’s home, the desperation of an unpopular fascist administration, and the long fight ahead.
But my big project for the week was to look at my ballot and get my voting done. I'm in California, and they mailed our ballots to us at the beginning of the month. There are many propositions to go through, plus there are a bunch of judicial races that I always have to look up. Oh, and we're voting for a new governor.
Anyway, you'll be happy to know that I got that done, got my ballot filled out, and I got it sent back in. (As of this writing it hasn't made it to where it gets counted, but I got notification that it's in the system and on the way.)
If you're in the LA area, I found an interesting voter's guide that explained all those persnickety judicial races that I never know who to vote for in. It also explained in plain English what those ballot propositions were actually about. So I could make up my own mind. (They had the way they were urging us to vote, but they explained their reasoning, which helped.)
I guess this week's post is about voting. Make sure to vote in this midterm election (if you are in the US). If we can flip the House and flip the Senate, we can urge those officials to put a stop to the shenanigans that the regime is getting up to. These are the checks we need for all the awful things they're doing.
Just for fun, a little ad for CA-34 that's kinda fun. (I have no skin in this race as I'm in CA-41.)
And this one from Mississippi:
Make sure to vote.
We have in person voting in New York State, but we also have no excuse absentee voting, and you can drop off your absentee ballot at any early voting place. The early voting starts on October 24 and our ballots are going to be a lot less complicated than yours are. I’ll have to watch the videos as I’m in a public place right now. Yes, we all need to get out there and vote. Personally, I would not trust mailing a ballot in these times, so we’re going to Use to drop off option
ReplyDeleteWe can vote in person if we choose. I like taking my time with it, though. I did actually mail my ballot, but I have a tracking thing on it, so I know it arrived yesterday, and it will be counted.
DeleteI just watched the videos. The one for CA-34 is an award winner. Or should be.
DeleteI've only got my ballot partially filled, I need to look up measures. I'll get it done in the next few days!
ReplyDeleteThe link talks about the propositions. I found it helpful.
DeleteJamie here: Planning to get my ballot filled out this week.
ReplyDeleteYou've got time.
DeleteI filled out my mail in ballot and sent it off.
ReplyDeleteI just got notified that my ballot was received and will be counted! I really hope there is a blue surge…
ReplyDeleteYAY!
DeletePowerful ad! The first one, particularly.
ReplyDeleteThe first one really leaned into Halloween.
DeleteJust an FYI . If they tell you you’re not registered to vote, or that you can’t vote for some other reason, request a provisional ballot
ReplyDeleteGreat reminder. Thanks.
DeleteI dislike voting season. I so dislike how they run each other in the ground.
ReplyDeleteAgreed.
DeleteFor the seventy fourth year this is the most important election òf my life
ReplyDeleteHandy that you could track your ballot and see it had arrived. A voter guide that explains the propositions in plain English sounds really useful too, those long ballots are a lot to get through.
ReplyDeleteThey are.
DeleteOregon is only my mail voting. I have my ballot filled out, but I am NOT mailing it! I do not trust the mail. Some may say the employees don't know how you voted, but in a smaller community I think they do. They see the election mail that comes, they know who registered what way. I am not even putting my ballot in the ballot box at the library, I am putting it in the one outside the elections office, where there is always a long line of cars waiting. It's a long way from the library box to the office, anything can happen. This is not blue Oregon.
ReplyDeleteDo whatever you feel you must do. I live in a larger community, so I can guarantee that the postal workers have no idea who I am. And my ballot tracking lets me know that my ballot arrived. Without that, I might have felt more comfortable putting it in a ballot box.
DeleteI have finally taken a crack at the ballot this morning. There are some local issues which need no heaving research--No on G, save Sunset Dunes and the transit measure. We will be in a world of hurt, should we lose more transit lines.
ReplyDeleteWhen I finish, I will run the sealed ballot to City Hall and drop it off there as that would give me greater peace of mind.
It's nice that we have so many ways to return our ballots. It means we can do the thing that feels right.
DeleteAnita Joy here...gosh, your system seems so confusing! We vote for local council, state government and federal government. The elections happen once every 3 or 4 years depending on the level of government (all at different times around the country, except federal of course). We don't vote for judicial or anything.
ReplyDeleteIt's fairly simple how to vote. You vote 1, 2, 3 in order of your preference and then they count. If the person you voted 1 for isn't going to get enough votes then they go to preference (ie #2 on your list). Person who gets the majority wins.
We vote for a party and they elect the leader. So federally, the leader of the winning party becomes Prime Minister (but you know who that is before voting).
I would love for us to go to ranked choice voting, but we still have the electoral college, so who knows how long it'll take the government to wake up to that idea.
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