#state elections

[ceruleanwhore]

Just attended a town democratic committee meeting and apparently Moulton is starting to gain traction and close the gap with Markey. This is my reminder to NOT VOTE FOR MOULTON. He’s a transphobe, he hates the homeless, and he’s a corporate sellout who would’ve been a republican before the tea party shit started really pushing that party further right. Moreover, he’s another No Show Nick who can’t be bothered to attend his own events or show up for his own district, so he will not represent you as he should. Also, when asked a basic question about how he’d do his job in the senate and also a legal question about section 242, he proved that he’s an incompetent moron who both can’t explain how he intends to show up in the senate and get anything done and claims himself that he doesn’t know laws well enough to answer this very basic legal question AS A FUCKING LAWMAKER. Markey might be old but he’s our old man! We need to keep him!

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[etaleah]

USA Folks: Elections Are Happening Nationwide THIS SUMMER

It’s primary season in a midterm year, and that means this is your best chance to stop the bleeding and put a check on the White House. Voting for the midterms will be happening as early as the next few weeks for some extremely consequential positions with no electoral college to fuck it up.

In my state alone, we are voting on who will be our:

Governor (and Lt. Governor)

Congressional Representative

Senator

Secretary of State

State Auditor

Attorney General

County Sheriff

District Court Judge

These people have the power to either help this administration’s agenda or stop it in its tracks. They handle elections, criminal justice, natural disaster response, and so much more. Some places may have people running for school board as well, and if you don’t want book bans to continue, then you need to vote on that.

Early voting for the primaries may start as soon as June (as in, this month) and July. And then the general will happen in November.

Check that you’re registered, what the dates are, check that you either know where your polling place is or can request an absentee ballot early enough, and research who’s on your ballot.

Our freedom depends on it.

[originalleftist]

Some upcoming US local/state/Congressional special elections:

I know voting might feel very pointless right now, but every Democrat we can get in office is another roadblock, another obstacle, something slowly down the regime from consolidating total control. Republicans' focus on consolidating power down ballot is part of why they've been able to dominate America even with minority support, as they can gerrymander states, obstruct in Congress, etc. We need to do much better here.

Provided the candidates aren't Republicans in disguise, of course- VET YOUR CANDIDATES!

[thoughtlessarse]

Millions in India stripped of vote before critical state election, as government seeks to ‘purify’ electoral roll

Experts say Muslims and other minorities have been disproportionately deleted from the electoral roll ahead of the West Bengal elections thi

...the West Bengal elections this week. Millions of people in the Indian state of West Bengal have been stripped of their vote ahead of a critical state election this week, after a controversial electoral revision described by critics as a “bloodless political genocide” and mass disenfranchisement of minorities. In West Bengal, a total of 9.1 million names have been deleted from the register, more than 10% of the electorate. While many were dead or duplicates, about 2.7 million people have challenged their expulsions, but still been removed. The process of revising the electoral roll, known as Special Intensive Revision (SIR), has been taking place in states and territories across India, justified by the Narendra Modi government as a way to stop “infiltrators” – a pejorative term largely referring to illegal Muslim Bangladeshi immigrants – from voting. The divisive exercise by the central Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) government to “purify” the electoral roll – in the words of home minister Amit Shah – has led to a chorus of fury. The drawing up of a new electoral register has been carried out at unprecedented speed, ahead of the West Bengal state elections which will begin on Thursday. The BJP, led by prime minister Modi, is hoping to seize power from Trinamool Congress (TMC), the party that has ruled the state for 15 years. “What has happened in Bengal is a constitutional crime. It is a crime against the people of India, against the people of Bengal,” said Sagarika Ghose, an MP for TMC.

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I see Modi has taken a leaf from Trump's election playbook; accuse illegal immigrants of voting and use that to explain your voter suppression.

[tomorrowusa]

Susan Crawford sworn in to Wisconsin Supreme Court, cementing yearslong liberal majority

Susan Crawford, formerly a Dane County judge, was elected to her first 10-year term on the bench in April.

The Wisconsin judge who Elon Musk spent $30 million unsuccessfully trying to defeat last spring has taken her place on the state Supreme Court.

Don't say that I never post good news! 😊

Justice Susan Crawford joined the Wisconsin Supreme Court late Friday afternoon, months after she won election to the seat in what amounted to the most expensive judicial race in American history. In remarks at an investiture ceremony at the Wisconsin State Capitol, Crawford pledged to uphold the state and federal constitutions and to rule with “dedication, insight and humanity.” 

The good part...

Crawford, formerly a Dane County judge, was elected to her first 10-year term on the bench in April. Her election likely cemented liberals’ majority on the high court for years to come, as the next scheduled elections involve seats now held by conservative justices. Crawford’s victory came after a campaign cycle that cost at least $115 million and attracted national attention and donations. At stake was the ideological balance of the court. Liberals supported Crawford to maintain their majority, won in 2023 during the then-record breaking election of Justice Janet Protasiewicz.  Crawford’s 10-point victory over Waukesha County Judge Brad Schimel, who was backed by conservatives, means liberals will likely hold that majority through at least 2028, with cases over issues like labor law and congressional redistricting under scrutiny. 

This means that gerrymandering by the current GOP legislature is dead.

In general, we all need to pay more attention to state government and state elections. The people you elect to statewide office and to the legislature have a direct influence on how Congressional districts are drawn in the state. That's just one of many reasons never to miss a state election.

There is no such thing as an unimportant election.

[valentinsylve]

Cynicism is boring and my parade comes with a big umbrella and jaunty galoshes so there

On my way to go vote after work i passed through a whole bunch of students in Young Dems and DSA flyering and letting people know where to vote, they'd given out all their pizza, it was awesome, I got a "Love Wins" temporary tattoo from the ones tabling for reproductive freedom. It was a goddamn street party. There was like one sad little table for the Republicans lol

As I was finishing up my ballot the guy supervising the machine and handing out stickers announced to the other precinct volunteers across the room, "We broke 700!!" which for that location is a break-out-the-champagne turnout. He was so excited when I told him about the students caucusing, and told me "There were so many students here registering to vote for the first time this year! They showed up in big groups!"

This is really nice, OK.