#us elections

[the-joju-electorate]

Official Maine Nominating Process

Maine Senate Process - Maine Democratic Party

Maine Senate Nomination Process Maine Democrats About the Process Maine Democrats across the state are coming together in a Special Nominati

Here's a better primer than I can write for understanding the nomination process in Maine, as well as forms to apply to be a delegate.

[the-joju-electorate]

What do people want to know about the Maine situation?

From what I can find, it looks like there's going to be a party convention in three weeks, with each county sending delegates to vote. As of writing (July 13) I don't think any county has announced their delegate selection process.

Here's the best summary of what the process is, but it looks like a lot of things haven't been set in stone yet. The short version is that candidates have until Wednesday to declare, but they need to get 500 signatures by July 21 to officially be considered.

Maine Democrats outline process for nominating Graham Platner's replacement

The Maine Democratic Party released candidate qualifying rules late Thursday. It will be a dead sprint for the hopefuls to be considered at

I'll be keeping an eye on things, and also trying to get the Arizona primer out this week.

[actualrealnews]

How to plan for an election that leaders are trying to subvert

The White House is working to change electoral rules in its favor. Protectors of democracy must have a counterplan

via The Guardian:

The second Trump administration is systematically eroding the institutional foundations of competitive elections without formally abolishing them. They have a plan to achieve what scholars of democratic backsliding call “electoral subversion”: changing electoral rules in their favor. Protectors of democracy must have a counter-plan of their own. The White House’s approach to electoral subversion has multiple fronts. The administration has rewarded those who used violence to disrupt the last transfer of power, disabled the federal agencies charged with protecting election integrity, moved to extend executive control over voter registration, and threatened to withhold terrorism prevention funding from states who do not change their voting rules. Donald Trump continues to claim without proof that the election system is rigged. This discrediting allows officials to justify changing rules to subvert how free and fair the elections will be. In this effort, the federal government has allies. Allied state legislatures have moved to give themselves greater control over election certification. This erodes the independence of electoral monitoring.

[short-wooloo]

Herr platner drops out, mcconnel may be dead or at least brain dead, lindsey graham dies

The only way this can get any better without it finally happening is if susan collins dies after the new Dem Maine nominee gets picked

[dicapiito]

Holy shit!

Lindsay Graham is dead 🫪

[onlytiktoks]

[alyfoxxxen]

Trump guts election commission in move seen as increasing his sway over midterms • Idaho Capital Sun

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s latest shot in a relentless war on how elections are conducted has triggered enormous concern among vo

[short-wooloo]

One of the most insane things about the platner situation for me is how the people pushing him really truly believed he would be a candidate and winner of the Presidential election in 2028

Like, even without him being a a sexist racist homophobic rapist nazi, even ignoring the fact that he would be destroyed the minute he went anywhere there were large numbers of black voters, the wannabe political kingmakers honestly believed that a guy with only 2 years as a senator and no political experience prior could not only win the primary and general elections but also that he would be an effective president despite a horrific lack of experience

It's a truly incredible display of arrogance and delusion