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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
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Yeah, I know about Kemp, but I was speaking much more generally in all three states and about exact details.
Either way it's not as though anything short of the Federal government could actually dole out consequences for state governments outright stealing elections. And even then the Supreme Court might just stop them for 10th Amendment reasons.
Edited by Mio on Nov 6th 2018 at 12:14:13 PM
Texas had reports of machines changing votes. Georgia had Kemp as both a candidate and supervising the election he was running in and as Wisewillow said, purged voters from the registration right before the election. Florida, I'm not sure, but given Florida's reputation since 2000 it wouldn't surprise me.
I’m heading to bed so I’m not gonna pull articles on Texas and Florida, but one quick thing for Texas- yet again, white women voters fucked us
(as did, obviously, white men).
So help me god, by 2020 I will have every female relative voting Dem.
Well, I don't know about anyone else but at this point, I'm just glad it's over.
Celebrate the victories and mourn the losses, sure, but let's keep on keeping on. After all, in just two more years, another, even more important election looms
So don't lose hope and don't give in to fear or despair.
Like the song says, "There's got to be a morning after / If we can hold on through the night"
The hardest thing in this world is to live in it.Even if current races in red states haven't won, those that became close indicate that the groundwork for a flip has been set up, so long as people aren't so disheartened that they don't keep it up into the next cycle. And that's the tricky part, maintaining that momentum and teaching the youth vote not to bank on instant gratification like it tends to do.
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Yeah. I think the Democrats lost more in the Senate than expected, but in the short term I'm not sure it actually changes much, practically speaking.
NPR is at 25 and counting.
Edited by sgamer82 on Nov 6th 2018 at 10:20:23 AM
A reminder:
The game has changed. [1]
Those 64 subpoenas you turned down, Devin. They’re getting approved on Day 1.
It’s game on now! [2]
Edited by megaeliz on Nov 6th 2018 at 12:21:39 PM
Oh man, the Arizona Senate seat is painfully close. Currently, Mc Sally (R) is beating Sinema (D) by a mere 4,568 votes. 648,883 vs 644,315
Oh boy that was a lot of pages I didn't read after a very big day. Pete Sessions is out, thank the Lord, while Cruz maintains his seat like I predicted. My hope is that Beto continues to help build Democratic infrastructure in this state and runs for a state office again, given how very close he came.
Can anyone give me an overview of how Democrats did with governorships? I can't quite make heads or tails of what's going on with that.

He's also the one in charge of the voter rolls in an election he was participating in.
Edited by sgamer82 on Nov 6th 2018 at 10:11:57 AM