In my neck of the woods, we're voting on county commissioners, township commissioners, school board reps, and judges tomorrow, plus a ballot question about a "Marsy's Law" amendment to the PA constitution.
In Texas we are voting on constitutional amendments. (And in my district we are voting for who will replace the guy who became mayor of Dallas). Even the Dallas Morning News came out against the income tax amendment (although they used a tactic that was calculated to appeal to Rethugs). The issue is that if it is passed it will destroy the way public schools get funded (making it super easy to take that money and funnel to private Xtian schools and for profit crap schools) and it will also help the very richest in Texas. Go figure how that got on the ballot 🤷♀️.... The other one was some weird ass thing about holding gold in a gold bank and to not get taxed on your gold in the gold bank...WTF, another special thing for fucking billionaires.
Andy Beshear's dad and Bevin predecessor Gov. Steven Beshear (D) was the first governor in the country to successfully implement Obamacare, essentially renaming it (because this WAS Kentucky and Barack wasn't popular) "Kynect" and signing up 9,000 Kentuckians for healthcare within the first three weeks.
... Mississippi's constitution says that the winner must carry a majority of the state's House districts, and if the popular vote winner doesn't get the House votes, the state House of Representatives selects the governor from the two highest popular vote winners. And if that seems to you like a recipe for allowing white Republicans to hold power forever in a state that's 38 percent African American ...
"The initiative’s sponsor is Tim Eyman, who has pushed anti-tax measures for two decades. Eyman also faces a long-running campaign finance lawsuit brought by the state attorney general. To get the initiative on the ballot, Eyman turned in more than the required 260,000 signatures in support.
He was actually laying off exposure from what was in effect a massive bet against the astros when he offered to refund everyone's mattress purchases if the astros won the world series. So he made out like a bandit: he got all those mattress sales from people who thought they wouldn't have to pay for their purchases when the astros won the world series and got lots of publicity while paying for it only the lesser amount that he bet. IIRC he was looking at something like a $30 million liability if the astros had won.
Thus the attacks on Harris and Biden on twitter. She and Bernie are engaged in scorched earth campaigning that helped Trump. For her to call Biden an R because he was compromising with the Republican *she voted for* in the eighties is so over the top.
Wife and I turned in our ballots yesterday, both voted No on that fucker. $30 tabs sounds nice, except for not having roads to drive on anymore. Locally we also had a bunch of school board positions to vote on, something like half the board up for grabs. Feel good about ay least one of my preferred candidates winning, and probably the craziest one (profession: truck driver. Highest education: high school. And those are his good points!) losing. Beyond that hell if I know.
I'm hoping teachers push Beshear over the top. It isn't likely though, Bevin loves jesus and guns.
NYC is voting tomorrow to decide on ranked choice voting(along with a few other things and Public Advocate).
In my neck of the woods, we're voting on county commissioners, township commissioners, school board reps, and judges tomorrow, plus a ballot question about a "Marsy's Law" amendment to the PA constitution.
Same, City Council and school board. Still important.
There are no Jews in wheelchairs? Wake up sheeple! Illuminati!
In Texas we are voting on constitutional amendments. (And in my district we are voting for who will replace the guy who became mayor of Dallas). Even the Dallas Morning News came out against the income tax amendment (although they used a tactic that was calculated to appeal to Rethugs). The issue is that if it is passed it will destroy the way public schools get funded (making it super easy to take that money and funnel to private Xtian schools and for profit crap schools) and it will also help the very richest in Texas. Go figure how that got on the ballot 🤷♀️.... The other one was some weird ass thing about holding gold in a gold bank and to not get taxed on your gold in the gold bank...WTF, another special thing for fucking billionaires.
Andy Beshear's dad and Bevin predecessor Gov. Steven Beshear (D) was the first governor in the country to successfully implement Obamacare, essentially renaming it (because this WAS Kentucky and Barack wasn't popular) "Kynect" and signing up 9,000 Kentuckians for healthcare within the first three weeks.
... Mississippi's constitution says that the winner must carry a majority of the state's House districts, and if the popular vote winner doesn't get the House votes, the state House of Representatives selects the governor from the two highest popular vote winners. And if that seems to you like a recipe for allowing white Republicans to hold power forever in a state that's 38 percent African American ...
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Nevada has caucuses. ugh!
Here in Washington State, I'll be voting "no" on Initiative 976, because unfortunately "Fuck You, Tim Eyman" isn't one of the options.
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Did some research...
"The initiative’s sponsor is Tim Eyman, who has pushed anti-tax measures for two decades. Eyman also faces a long-running campaign finance lawsuit brought by the state attorney general. To get the initiative on the ballot, Eyman turned in more than the required 260,000 signatures in support.
GL with that lawsuit.
He was actually laying off exposure from what was in effect a massive bet against the astros when he offered to refund everyone's mattress purchases if the astros won the world series. So he made out like a bandit: he got all those mattress sales from people who thought they wouldn't have to pay for their purchases when the astros won the world series and got lots of publicity while paying for it only the lesser amount that he bet. IIRC he was looking at something like a $30 million liability if the astros had won.
My district has nothing to vote on. So, nanner nanner nanner, I guess.
Thus the attacks on Harris and Biden on twitter. She and Bernie are engaged in scorched earth campaigning that helped Trump. For her to call Biden an R because he was compromising with the Republican *she voted for* in the eighties is so over the top.
Wife and I turned in our ballots yesterday, both voted No on that fucker. $30 tabs sounds nice, except for not having roads to drive on anymore. Locally we also had a bunch of school board positions to vote on, something like half the board up for grabs. Feel good about ay least one of my preferred candidates winning, and probably the craziest one (profession: truck driver. Highest education: high school. And those are his good points!) losing. Beyond that hell if I know.