#voting
If you're willing to work a long day once or twice a year and you care about #democracy, why not sign up to be a poll worker? It's as close to a front line as many of us will ever get, it's often a paid gig, and every so often you get to help a new citizen vote, which is amazing.
Also, the details of the job are fascinating.
#20yrsago #Accenture puts #Verisign in charge of US Internet #voting https://web.archive.org/web/20031008122745/http://rss.com.com/2100-1029_3-5083772.html
#15yrsago #Olympics reach a new low: trademarking the Canadian national anthem and threatening lawsuits over competing uses https://web.archive.org/web/20080928162742/http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2008/09/25/bc-vancouver-olympics-trademark-o-canada.html
#15yrsago #PhilipPullman on the futility and evil of #BanningBooks https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/sep/29/philip.pullman.amber.spyglass.golden.compass.banned
#10yrsago No one harmed in Whac-a-Mole/#RockAFireBand warehouse explosion https://web.archive.org/web/20130930154953/https://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/2013/09/the_guy_who_invented_the_whac-.php
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How worried are Americans about their choices in the 2024 vote? | The Bottom Line
New episode!
Sara Gifford, the co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of ActiVote, joins Democracy Nerd to discuss how the app offers a new way to engage people with the democratic process.
While there are valid concerns about the role of technology in elections and democracy, ActiVote serves as a promising example of how technology can be harnessed to have a positive impact and strengthen the foundations of democracy.
#voting #elections #tech #democracy #ActiVote
https://democracynerd.us/episode/making-voting-fun-theres-an-app-for-that-w-sara-gifford
Elections: how the Greeks and Romans did them and why lots can be better than votes. | Ancient and Modern Rhetoric
Even to talk about ‘ #voting’ in isolation is to underplay the importance of ‘sortition’ (also known as ‘allotment’) to the Greek and Roman electoral-governmental landscape. So, rather than spend hours simplifying and thereby misrepresenting things in my own words, I’ve taken the liberty of reproducing the fine Oxford Classical Dictionary entries of Peter Rhodes (for Greece) and Jeremy James Paterson (for Rome). They are at the end of this post and are provided for those who might find some detail useful.
As a #Classicist, I am acutely aware of the dangers of idealizing Athenian democracy or the Roman Republic. It is an oft-repeated point that the Athenians did not allow citizen women, #slaves or resident non-Athenians (‘metics’) to vote on policy or in elections for their ‘generals’ (i.e politicians like Pericles).
Court denies #Alabama’s request to use #voting map with only one majority-#Black district
https://www.scotusblog.com/2023/09/court-denies-alabamas-request-to-use-voting-map-with-only-one-majority-black-district/
"Politics isn’t a frivolous sport, despite the way mainstream #media often treat it. Politics is whether poor kids in your town get dinner. Politics is whether your former English teacher has to ration her insulin. #Politics is whether your mom is shot at the grocery store because society encourages ownership of #assaultweapons."
#journalism #propaganda #democracy #voting
https://couriernewsroom.com/news/6-toxic-attitudes-that-could-kill-democracy/
Supreme Court rejects Alabama’s bid to use congressional map with just one majority-Black district
If you need a little inspiration in the face of the never-ending barrage of #stupidity and #Republican malfeasance in the news, Chris Hayes highlighted some interesting #election stats on his #MSNBC show a few days ago (a story which also appeared in The Nation). It's worth a quick watch.
So far in 2023, in 24 of 30 special election races, #Democrats overperformed their baseline, in some cases by a considerable amount.
#Voting platform sees 35K new voter registrations following #TaylorSwift's call to action
The same day Taylor Swift posted a message encouraging her followers to register to vote, over 35,000 people reportedly made a “Run (Taylor's Version)” to do so on Vote.org.
#NationalVoterRegistrationDay
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/4217562-voting-platform-sees-35k-new-voter-registrations-following-taylor-swifts-call-to-action/
COMMENTARY: When a big lead in the polls isn’t quite what it seems
https://venera.social/display/85a863ed-4965-0f38-274a-8f2384973610
“People who can vote but won’t because it’s boring, or takes a few hours every few years have bigger problems, that can’t be solved by #voting systems.” https://stop.zona-m.net/2017/10/once-more-online-or-e-voting-no.-just-no/
STARTING TODAY: Early Voting! In-person (City Hall Annex, 120 7th Street NE, 8:30am-4:30pm Mon-Fri) or by mail. ID rules & other info: https://www.charlottesville.gov/431/Early-Voting
Your vote is your voice; use your power, remind friends and family to use theirs (Albemarle County people too)!
#election #voting #vote #EarlyVoting #Charlottesville #cville #Dems #DemocraticParty
I occasionally encounter people who still think that voting 3rd party in the US is a good idea; that it’s a way for them to express support for a maverick candidate; or that it’s an effective way to express dissatisfaction with their preferred major party.
There’s one really big problem with that: the #voting system most widely used in the US is INCAPABLE OF CAPTURING THAT KIND OF NUANCE. You may think you’re sending a message when you vote 3rd party, but the system quantizes your vote and essentially turns it into a vote AGAINST THE MAJOR PARTY MOST ALIGNED WITH YOU.
Unless the voting system is changed to capture voter nuance (e.g. #RankedChoiceVoting), you should NEVER vote 3rd party. Hold your nose and vote for the lesser evil. Realize that 3rd party candidates are usually funded explicitly to siphon votes away from a major party. Don’t fall for it.
CGPGrey made a video that I find invaluable in explaining why this is the case. Please give it a watch.
Are you an American living abroad and can't work out how to vote in your state? We've got your back.
Come to one of our Zoom Rooms, and we'll help you: http://ow.ly/gZFy50KZ6bk
We will continue to add new dates and times throughout the election season.
#RegisterToVote #VoteFromAbroad #OverseasAmericans #UOCAVA #Voting #VotingRights
Courtesy of Politics Girl: Dear White Women
https://youtu.be/QrS96UsQUCE
#reproductiverights #DonaldTrump #bookbanning #patriarchy #MAGA #elections #voting #history #Education #gunviolence #schoolshootings #BlackMastodon
The NY DNC couldn't get a public referendum passed to amend the State Constitution to allow it so they just passed a Law If you oppose it, like the majority of voters, you get called a Fascist MAGA Insurrectionist Apologist cause she's fighting for Democracy
#NYS
#NewYork
#Voting
#Mailin
#Elections
I really don’t get the Taylor Swift hype. I’ve heard her music multiple times but I still have no idea what she sounds like, she makes that little of an impression on me, but there’s no denying the effect she has. This is pretty awesome actually.
#USPol #Voting #TaylorSwift
https://consequence.net/2023/09/taylor-swift-35000-new-voters-registration/
I'm rather excited about this. There has been a push to get #Oregon to adopt #RankedChoiceVoting for some time now. Some cities have adopted it already, but now a bill is on the Nov 2024 ballot to hopefully make it statewide for future sate and federal races.
https://www.oregonrcv.org/blog/detail/oregon-legislature-refers-hb-2004-statewide-ranked-choice-voting-measure-to-the-2024-ballot/
#vote #voting #politics
‘The View’ Co-Host Claims Taylor Swift Is ‘Doing More for the Economy’ Than Joe Biden & Whoopi Goldberg Has Thoughts
Check it out! 👇
https://www.billboard.com/culture/tv-film/the-view-taylor-swift-economy-joe-biden-whoopi-goldberg-response-1235417157/
#Voting #View #PresidentialElection #News #MusicNews #Music #JoeBiden #ErasTour #TVFilm #Culture
No wonder #COP28 is heading for another damp squib... I had no idea (which is my fault, clearly) that the COPs have been running for some years under draft & informal voting protocols because they've never been able to agree a proper system for majority #voting.
So, decisions are by consensus & thus any COP-related decisions are held ransom by a minority of states (led by, but not limited to #OPEC) who have little real interest in active measures on the #climatecrisis
h/t Pilita Clark FT
What's the right way to vote? Asking your audience to raise hands may seem straightforward, but presenters often do this incorrectly.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/presentations/2012/06/the-right-way-to-vote-part-1
#meetings #events #EventDesign #voting #HandVoting #StandVoting #facilitation #eventprofs
Again, a small number of extremists are threatening to shut down the US government.
Welche? Siehe Nummer auf Bild unten links. Thanks 🙏 for voting 🗳️ und Boost 🚀. #Sonnenbrille #Brille #Voting #Abstimmung
#Comic: Donald Rooum
#verkiezingen #elections #voting #anarchism #Nederland #VVD #BBB #Omtzigt #PVV #PvdA #GroenLinks #SP
And hey, if making the world just a little bit less terrible is not enough of a motivation for you, how about free pizza?
#NationalVoterRegistrationDay #politics #USPol #voting #food #pizza #PizzaToThePolls
Legacy #medias new favorite beat is doomerism, driving outrage clicks on the defeatist idea that none of us can do anything to improve the state of the world.
Their narrative of despair actively helps the #rightwing #politicians responsible for the current state of affairs. It helps bad actors who are ruining things for money keep doing it. It helps keep them in power because people are convinced #voting them out won’t change anything.
https://www.damemagazine.com/2023/09/19/the-media-is-bumming-people-out-thats-intentional/
Today is the #NationalVoterRegistrationDay here in the US. I know how some of you feel about voting, and I agree with those who see direct action and mutual aid as the best way to affect meaningful change.
Still, slowing down fascism and reducing its harms is something worth doing on top of those things.
@marcelias fvck him .. fvck them! #Voting
Addendum 2
1/3 States Have an Election Denier Overseeing Elections
Movement to subvert American democracy far f. dead
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/09/one-third-states-election-denier-governor-attorney-general-secretary
*23 election deniers, 17 states serve as governor, attorney general, or secretary of state
@robertcotter
Election Denier Landscape: Election Deniers weaken free & fair elections
https://statesuniteddemocracy.org/resources/electiondeniers
#GOP #ElectoralFraud #GOPmenace #ElectionDenial #neofascism #democracy #voting #disinformation #Trumpism #Trump #DeSantis #LarryElder #democracy
Why does the #US keep trying #racist nonsense like this??
#Alabama... why am I not surprised...
By the way, this is a good example of one of the weaknesses of #democracy and democratic voting in action. So when people try to shut down criticism by telling you to use your vote, remind them active #democratic #citizenship requires open #discussion and #awareness, and point out that #voting can very much be #rigged. This is just one example - there are many others.
Voters who vote by mail in the 2023 NC municipal elections must include a photocopy of an acceptable ID.
Don't have a photocopier? No fear. We're hosting a photocopy-your-ID-a-thon outside of the Chapel Hill Public Library
on Sunday and Tuesday. You'll also be able to register to vote on-site. #ncpol #chapelhill #voting #vote #politics #northcarolina #voterid
@georgetakei Republicans want voters gerrymandered districts better, along with making voting harder and harder.
Republicans so, no water is allowed in election lines and now lines, cannot be longer then two people./s Republicans need to make democracy harder or make it disappear.
#Repulcians #GOP #democracy #election #voting
@RushGirl Wow! I hadn't even thought of the frozen embryos. And yes, that distinction in the law certainly does make abundantly clear who they are really controlling. We can guess as to why.
I hope #voting age women come out en force to show the #patriarchy who they're fucking with now. We own shit too this time, #GOP boys. We didn't when you kept us down before. Now we're CEOs, biz owners, home owners, stock traders, scientists, technologists, doctors, senators... and VOTERS! 💪 🇺🇸
Voter ID in England led to racial and disability discrimination, report finds.
“The current voter-ID system is, as it stands, a ‘poisoned cure’ in that it disenfranchises more electors than it protects.”
#UKPol #UKPolitics #ToryGovt #Elections #Voting #England #Discrimination #disenfranchisement
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/sep/11/voter-id-in-england-led-to-racial-and-disability-discrimination-report-finds?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Its now clear that #VoterID requirements in local election caused impediments to #voting along #racial lines & also impeded voting by the #disabled.
The review suggests Voter ID is a 'poisoned cure' to a minor problem; but of course, this was not a bug, but a feature of the policy.
As I said, #RishiSunak is criticising #China for interfering with #democracy in the UK, mainly because that's the #Tories job!
If voting didn't matter, the Republicans wouldn't be trying so hard to keep you from doing it.
Aha, the #Tories are exploring ways of cutting non-pension #benefits in the run up to the next #election to give #JeremyHunt the fiscal headroom to cut #taxes.
For anyone who has ever argued that #voting has little effect, the higher incidence of voting among pensioners seems to give them a degree of 'protection' unavailable to other classes of people in need of state support;
and don't forget, the #tripplelock will ensure state pension rises will nearly match #inflation, unlike most #wages
Prominent Donald Trump supporter and #MyPillow CEO Mike #Lindell repeatedly lost his temper, left the room and swore at opposing counsel during a series of #depositions earlier this year, according to newly released videos and transcripts.
The extraordinary interviews were conducted as part of a #defamation #lawsuit brought by Dr. Eric Coomer, former director of product strategy and security at #Dominion #Voting #Systems, who has accused Lindell of repeatedly defaming him in public and online following Trump’s loss in the 2020 presidential race.
“Don’t sit and scold me already, mister. I’ll do whatever I have to do,” Lindell said at the start of a March 8 deposition, addressing Coomer’s attorney. “You’re just a lawyer. You’re an ambulance chasing lawyer, so don’t start with me. I got all day. I’ll take as much time as you want, so let’s go. You’re not my boss. You’re just a lawyer, a frivolous lawyer. So go. Don’t start scolding me"
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/08/my-pillow-ceo-mike-lindell-melts-down-in-trump-2020-deposition.html
Excellent reported column on the lack of meaningful democracy in #Wisconsin. Because of Republican gerrymandering not only does a persistent minority of voters control the legislature, that undemocratic body is attacking and limiting the power of executive and judicial officeholders who have been elected with a majority of the vote. Gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/08/opinion/wisconsin-judge-impeachment-democracy.html?unlocked_article_code=vbYqQgTK50aHSMIjz1uKdd9Fsqokx764-75I-AsGvODwRrssOwtUOl4Sx8DjC9kKmYFEAuPTd0ibMhuIRr93XzKa2lB_3eq7KcH2tSXpZ6FFu0ytjg40fm6XFRVVz07qGEoc8mVDfLW3CS7AG92dc2eh3ObX67Pb21EYakrRTPBL2y7EgaWclLWiF7ac56I1BrD-HcIOZlmJxr6aZoUU20w-AAqyHLu2m6lG_QIHMFV0p1gUFffyHkVQ2MxKYzVJhcu8756c_8PjcWOHngI_TYWtFCopFL5W0sqAwFkxEnfauMhHiDte8UHVxaW1pGIfO2H6ZuIqMvFfKmMr-Chqcro5m2ypuWP2F8u_Me9B9Q&smid=url-share #democracy #voting
For any #Australian struggling with #voting #yes on October 14, read this.
It's a long read but it will explain what we #invaders owe the #Blackfellas. Why we need #truth. Why we need #treaty.
Please #boost the shit out of this. We all need to have this under our belts before we even contemplate #voting #no. I realise that many old people and #conservatives will argue, but this hasn't been touched by #NewsCorpse.
#TheMetalDogArticleList
#BLABBERMOUTH
HENRY ROLLINS: 'I Would Hope All Young People Who Can Vote Will Do So'
https://blabbermouth.net/news/henry-rollins-i-would-hope-all-young-people-who-can-vote-will-do-so
#HenryRollins
#Voting
#YoungPeople
#YouthVoting
#CivilRights
#RockAndRoll
“Half of Mexico’s Congress is #female. The cabinet is #gender-balanced. And now, #women have won the primaries of the two leading political blocs—making it likely that this traditionally macho nation will elect its first female president, ahead of the United States…
#Mexico ranks fourth in the world in female participation in national legislatures, according to the Inter-Parliamentary Union. The US ranks 71st—just below Iraq.”
HERE'S WHAT A SUPERHERO LOOKS LIKE
#Marc E. Elias @marceelias
Returning #voting rights, One state at a time
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court STRIKES DOWN #Alabama remedial congressional redistricting map that had defied prior court order. Court will have its own special master drawn new map with second Black opportunity district.
Singapore to vote on new president amid rumblings of discontent
#GOP State Rep. Arrested On #VoterFraud Charge
"An #Alabama legislator was arrested Tuesday on felony voter fraud charges accusing him of voting in a district where he did not live.
#Republican Rep. David Cole of Huntsville was arrested on charges of #voting in an unauthorized location, according to Madison County Jail records."
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/alabama-gop-lawmaker-arrested_n_64ef3239e4b02f61505e3dab
Alabama state Rep. David Cole (R) arrested, charged with voter fraud for voting in a district where he didn't live.
It’s ALWAYS the thing they accuse others of.
#News #BreakingNews #Politics #USPolitics #Voting #Alabama #Republicans
The packing of the Supreme Court by Republican presidents led that "august" body to knock down provisions of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, and in 2020, the Republican party under Trump tried to iinvalidate the votes of millions of Black and brown voters, treating those votes as invalid.
And here we are. Here we've brought ourselves as a nation under the impulse of gross racism and lies.
#Republicans #racism #voting #BigLie #Trump #crime #insurrection
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On the eve of the March on Washington in 1963, Heather Cox Richardson rehearses the history that has gotten us to our current state of national peril.
As she notes, when the Democratic party began standing with Black Americans in their struggle to vote, white voters moved en masse to the Republican party and began spreading absurd lies about voter fraud, to justify curbing Black voting rights.
Tens of thousands expected for #MarchOnWashington's 60th anniversary demonstration
Organizers of this year’s commemoration hope to recapture the energy of the original March on Washington–especially in the face of eroded #voting rights nationwide, after the recent striking down of affirmative action in college admissions and #abortion rights by #SCOTUS, and amid growing threats of political violence and hatred against people of color, Jews and the #LGBTQ community.
Largest U.S. Women's Group Makes Early Biden Endorsement, Citing Abortion Rights Threats
The National Organization for Women (NOW) has offered its earliest-ever endorsement for a presidential re-election campaign.
#Politics #Women #WomensRights #WomensRightsAreHumanRights #HumanRights #sexism #misogyny #patriarchy #voters #voting #elections #BidenHarris #healthcare #health #hate #SexualAbuse #Democracy #Democrats #GOP #Republicans #VoteBlue #VoteBlueToProtectWomen
#NorthCarolina governor vetoes election bill, sparking override showdown with GOP supermajority
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed a sweeping #Republican elections bill Thursday that would end a grace period for voting by mail and make new allowances for partisan poll observers.
#Voting
https://apnews.com/article/election-veto-absentee-voting-north-carolina-cooper-14487ad7b8234872e40966c2f0dcb4b1
@marcelias Clearly, you're doing something right. Keep on doing what you're doing. And thank you.
Thinking randomly this morning about online voting. I hate the idea because even if it's secure, you can't do a proper recount/audit without paper ballots checked by each voter before they're cast.
But what if someone could come up with a machine that would accept your choices online, print out the ballot for you to check on your screen via a camera, and then feed the ballot into the scanner/ballot box?
Misty Hampton, former Coffee County, GA, elections supervisor, was among those #indicted last night in the #Trump #election interference case.
Hampton (who also has used the last names of Martin and Hayes) played a role in blocking a local activist from helping people to vote, part of a long history of #voter suppression.
#Georgia #Indictments #Voting #Elections #News
https://www.propublica.org/article/literacy-tests-voting-rights-georgia-election
Both things can be true:
- We need to fight voter suppression in the courtrooms.
- We need to be determined to overcome whatever obstacles remain.
In other words, we should vote no matter how hard they make it. It doesn’t matter if there’s just one box you can drop your ballot off into or if you have to wait for hours in line or if you have to keep checking to make sure your registration hasn’t been canceled; you have to vote. Bottom line: you have to vote.
None of these obstacles should exist, and you’re right to fight them, but many of them are hindrances rather than full blockers so we can overcome these with determination and organization.
My friends and I did a thing. Really proud my friends are such pro-voters. I have to say, my friends and family have always inspired me to take voting seriously. Dad even reminded me last week to vote. Every General Election, we will go as a family to the voting centre. I have a feeling I will be spanked if I didn't vote 😂 Fortunately I have always been very obedient in this regard 😆
Ps: This is indelible ink
Bullied By Her Own Party, a #Wisconsin Election Official's #GOP Roots Mean Nothing in Volatile New Climate
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In the face of repeated calls to back Donald Trump's bogus claims that the 2020 #election was stolen, Marge Bostelmann of the Wisconsin #Elections Commission remains resolute: “I’m a #Republican who stands up for the truth and not for a lie.”
Early #voting in #Ohio is exceptionally heavy for a midsummer special election as voters decide a #Republican-pushed measure that would make it much harder to pass constitutional protections for #abortion rights.
#Michigan Governor #GretchenWhitmer has signed eight voting bills that carry out a constitutional amendment voters approved and require at least nine days of #EarlyVoting in future elections.
Supporters describe the legislation as the "biggest change in how we vote in a generation."
#Voting #Elections
https://apnews.com/article/voting-rights-election-whitmer-absentee-ballots-570b982818cdca1b96dfa8b526559cd1
Today (July 23) is voting day in Spain. Here is an interesting article with historic party voting patterns in each region. I've attached the graphs for Barcelona and my own València.
#elecciones #eleccionesgenerales #elecciones23j #spain #voting
https://www.eldiario.es/politica/votado-municipio-1977-evolucion-voto-partido-democracia_1_10393404.html