Tag: Voting

The Takeaways

Votes have been counted and now it is time to take a quick look at what has been taken away from the vote.

Democrats scored sweeping victories across major states in Tuesday’s elections, signaling a sharp backlash to President Trump’s policies and offering their party new momentum ahead of the 2026 midterms. Voters turned out in “extraordinary” numbers for an off-year contest, per the New York Times, delivering wins for Democrats in high-profile races in Virginia, New Jersey, California, and Pennsylvania. The results—widely seen as a referendum on Trump—reinvigorated Democrats after a year largely spent out of power in Washington, with the party now eyeing redistricting fights and next year’s congressional races as opportunities to blunt the Trump agenda. More takeaways from Tuesday night, per the Times, CNN, NPR, and Politico:

  • Governorships: In Virginia, Democrat Abigail Spanberger won the governor’s race by spotlighting Trump-era federal worker cuts, becoming the state’s first woman governor—an honor her rival, Winsome Earle-Sears, also would’ve claimed. Meanwhile, New Jersey’s Mikie Sherrill rode criticism of Trump’s infrastructure policies to victory, beating Jack Ciattarelli, who CNN notes “had a strong statewide performance under his belt after his near-miss in the 2021 governor’s race,” as well as “a ‘Jersey guy’ appeal that he hoped would give him some separation from Trump,” who’d endorsed him.
  • New Big Apple leader: New York City elected Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old progressive and self-described democratic socialist, as mayor. Mamdani’s rapid rise and focus on cost-of-living issues have made him a new face for the left, though his appeal outside the city remains to be seen.
  • California: Golden State Gov. Gavin Newsom bolstered his national profile by championing a successful ballot measure to redraw congressional districts in Democrats’ favor, urging other blue states to follow suit. “Tonight, after poking the bear, this bear roared with an unprecedented turnout in a special election with an extraordinary result,” Newsom said Tuesday night.
  • Pennsylvania: Democratic justices on the state Supreme Court hung on to their majority for new 10-year terms, “in a perennial battleground state where legal challenges over voting rules are all but certain,” per CNN.
  • Economy: In both the two big gubernatorial races, as well as in New York City and in California, exit polls revealed that the economy was the most important issue or close to it, with the Dems claiming the win in most cases, per NPR.
  • Suburban shift: Residents on city outskirts especially came through in Virginia for Spanberger, who “ran up the score” in key suburban areas like Loudon and Prince William counties, where she received 64.3% and 66.7% of the vote, respectively, per Politico.
  • A 180 for people of color: Politico notes that minority groups seem to be shifting support away from MAGA camps, especially in New Jersey, where exit polls “showed Sherrill with large margins among Black, Hispanic, and Asian voters—demographics national Democrats spent millions of dollars to reengage during the campaign.”
  • More GOP vs. Dems: Republicans failed to capitalize on scandals dogging some Democratic candidates, such as Virginia’s Jay Jones, whose victory as his state’s attorney general despite controversy highlighted the depth of anti-GOP sentiment. The elections also reinforced a pattern: Democrats tend to outperform when Trump isn’t on the ballot, as seen in recent nonpresidential contests.

Some great news for the Dems but will it translate next year when the mid-terms come around?

A lot can happen between this vote and the next but hopefully the country is coming to their senses.

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“lego ergo scribo”

Could The Winds Of Change Happen Today?

Today there a few elections that could point to what will happen next year in the midterms…..will we see a break in this silliness of Donny?

This is a breakdown of what we can expect with these votes….

Another Election Day has arrived in America, the first major one in President Trump’s second term. Some of the big races that readers of political tea leaves will be watching:

  • New York City mayor: Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani, the front-runner, is trying to fend off former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is running as an independent. Trump dislikes Mamdani so much he has endorsed Cuomo over Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa, How Mamdani fares—including his margin of victory, should he win—could have big repercussions for other progressive politicians in the US, reports the New York Times.
  • New Jersey governor: Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill has a narrow lead in the polls over former GOP state Rep. Jack Ciattarelli. A CNN analysis sees this as perhaps the night’s most telling race in regard to Trump because Sherrill has put him front and center. “He’ll do whatever Trump tells him to do,” she says of her opponent, “and I will fight anybody to work for you.” Ciattarelli, meanwhile, is a strong backer of Trump’s policies and has the president’s endorsement.
  • Virginia governor: Democrat Abigail Spanberger, a former congresswoman, leads the GOP candidate, Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears. Trump has not specifically endorsed Earle-Sears, notes NBC News. Spanberger is seen as a moderate, and a win could help refute the notion that Democrats need to move aggressively to the left to be successful, per the Deseret News. (The state’s attorney general race is also interesting, after violent texts sent years ago by Democratic candidate Jay Jones surfaced.)
  • California redistricting: Californians will vote on Proposition 50 to determine if the state will adopt a new congressional map seen as more favorable to Democrats, per ABC News. It’s a key battle in the ongoing redistricting wars in multiple states. “Prop 50 will have a big impact on the midterms,” says Christian Grose, a professor of political science at the University of Southern California. “The US House margin right now is so narrow that every seat in every state could make a difference for which party controls Congress.”

Anyone care to venture a prediction on how all this will turn out?

This will be a telling election I think…..and I will be watching….

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

 

The Tally Is In

Yesterday the American people went to the polls to decide the direction of this nation…..will it be progress or stagnation or a trip to the past?

It is my sad duty to report the 2024 election.

The count continues but there is a trend and predictions have been made….still close but Trump is pulling ahead….

Donald Trump is on the brink of winning a second presidency after the AP called the battleground state of Pennsylvania for him early Wednesday. Trump earlier won the swing states of North Carolina and Georgia, with four other battleground states—and Alaska—still in play. A win in any one of them means he defeats Kamala Harris. Neither candidate registered an upset in the non-battleground states already decided, per the New York Times.

  • Electoral College count: Trump 267, Harris 224. The winner needs 270.
  • States for Trump: The AP has called Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska (statewide, along with the 1st and 3rd Congressional Districts), North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia, Wyoming, and Maine’s 2nd Congressional District for Trump.
  • States for Harris: The AP has called California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington state, the 1st Congressional District of Maine, the 2nd Congressional District of Nebraska, and the District of Columbia for Harris.
  • Swing states: Trump won Georgia, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania, with Michigan, Arizona, Wisconsin, and Nevada still undecided.

looks like Americans have proven that hate, lies, and ignorance rules this nation.

Now let’s take a look at the Congress….beginning with the Senate….

Republicans will regain control of the Senate for the first time in four years, the AP projects. In the current chamber, Democrats have a 51-49 advantage, but incumbents were playing defense Tuesday night in a number of competitive states. The GOP gained its first seat of the night when the AP called West Virginia for Republican Gov. Jim Justice. He easily defeated Democrat Glenn Elliott, mayor of Wheeling, and will take the seat of retiring independent Joe Manchin. They flipped a second seat when Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown was ousted by Republican Bernie Moreno in Ohio. Elsewhere:

  • Cruz wins: GOP Sen. Ted Cruz avoided a flip in Democrats’ favor by surviving a strong challenge from Colin Allred, per the AP.
  • Florida stays red: GOP Sen. Rick Scott did the same by defeating Debbie Mucarsel-Powell in Florida.
  • Nebraska, too: GOP Sen. Deb Fischer defeated the surprisingly strong independent candidate Dan Osborne.

  • The GOP now has at least 51 seats, and the party’s advantage could grow depending on the outcome of other races:

  • Arizona: Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego vs. Republican Kari Lake, vying for the seat of independent Kyrsten Sinema, who opted not to run.
  • Michigan: Democrat Elissa Slotkin vs. Republican Mike Rogers, both vying for the seat of the retiring Democrat Debbie Stabenow.
  • Montana: Democratic Sen. Jon Tester vs. Republican Tim Sheehy.
  • Nevada: Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen vs. Republican Sam Brown.
  • Pennsylvania: Democratic Sen. Bob Casey vs. Republican David McCormick.
  • Wisconsin: Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin vs. Republican Eric Hovde.

The House….now this is another story….too early as of this writing to say….

Republicans controlled the House heading into Tuesday, but the question of whether they’ll be able to hang on to it might not be answered for a day or two, if not longer. Still, Tuesday night should bring clues, with bellwether races in New York and California in particular. All 435 seats are up for grabs, but only 1 in 10 are seen as competitive contests. See this primer.

  • Familiar names: Republicans Matt Gaetz of Florida and Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia were among the big-name incumbents whose victories were called early, per USA Today.
  • Trump ally: In a good early sign for the GOP, Anna Luna won her bid for re-election in Florida, per the AP. Luna is an ally of former President Trump, and her race was labeled as one to watch by NBC News.
  • The count: It’s changing quickly given the sheer number of races at play, but the Washington Post counter had the GOP at 184 and Democrats at 156 after midnight. The magic number for control is 218, and it remains impossible to project which party will come out on top.

There you have the results as of this sleepy writing…..

It appears we will have Donald the Orange for another really long four years and that lap dog Vance will be at his elbow lying and hating along with him.

It appears that my confidence in the American voter, which was never very high, is stooped to new lows.

Until the final vote is counting there is still a chance….a very low chance that something will change….but please do not hold your breath.

Does this mean the threat of violence from the morons of this country (and there is a wealth of these parasites) been diminished?

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

How Will They Vote?

Did you all fall back?

Once again we must go through this thoroughly useless waste of time and energy.

It is another glorious Sunday and I have one of those perplexing questions (as usual)……I do enjoy challenging my mind.

Only a very few days for we Americans dash off to the polls and vote for the next president and the question could mean how will the different strata of society place their trust but as usual it is never about what you would think.

Since many of us think voting is a civic duty I was wondering how astronauts vote…..I mean after all there is no polling station out there in the emptiness of space.

So how does one go about voting when isolated in space?

And as usual I have the answer for those probing minds.

Many consider voting a civic duty, even in those countries where it is not compulsory. People go to great lengths to exercise their democratic right of choosing their representatives in politics, but sometimes circumstances don’t make it easy. Imagine if you want to vote but you are in space – your nearest drop-off location for your ballot might be more difficult to reach than others.

Cosmonauts have been voting in space almost exclusively by proxy since 1971, and usually without a secret ballot, instead just telling ground control how they intended to vote. French astronaut Thomas Pesquet also voted from space in 2017 by giving a French colleague the authority to vote on his behalf. US astronauts, however, vote directly instead, which requires a bit more complexity.

First of all, just like any American away from home, the astronauts need to fill out a Federal Post Card Application to request an absentee ballot. With that, the astronauts are allowed to fill out an electronic ballot while on board the ISS. 

The ballots are encrypted and uploaded onto the station computer and then transmitted to NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System, which sends the data down to Earth to the ground antenna in White Sands Test Facility.

The data from the antenna is then sent to the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. From there, the ballots are delivered electronically to the relevant county clerk for filing. A complicated, but easier (and cheaper) way than having the ballot sent up and then back down on spacecraft.

It was astronaut John Blaha aboard the Russian space station Mir in 1996 that started this process. He wanted to vote in the 1996 presidential election. NASA had a plan, but the effort was stopped by the Secretary of State of Texas, as the state did not yet have a provision for electronic voting. A bill to allow that was passed in 1997, and astronaut David Wolf later became the first American to vote in an election from space, by voting in Houston’s 1997 local election.

Since 2004, with the exception of 2012, American astronauts have consistently voted from the ISS. During the 2012 election, both American astronauts on board, Sunita Williams and Kevin Ford, had submitted their ballots before their flight. Williams, who is currently on the ISS, probably didn’t have a chance to do that this year; her mission was extended from one week to 8 months due to Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft series of problems.

The only astronaut to have voted from space in more than one election is Kathleen Rubins, who voted in both 2016 and 2020.

(iflscience.com)

Now that I have answered that damnable question I can go about a relaxing Sunday…..the grill will be fired up and a mound of burgers will be a sizzlin’.

I do hope that everyone has a good day and as usual….Be Well and Be Safe….

I Read, I Write, You Know

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My Vote At The Crossroad

I wish that I could say that I have made up my mind for the 2024 election….but I cannot.

We are sitting at 2 short weeks before our trips to the polls.

We have two major candidates that stand for nothing that I hold dear.

I have said many times that I have not voted for a winner in presidential elections since 1976….during all that time I have voted usually for a third party….not that any of the candidates were that appealing to me but rather their platforms were more in-line with my principles.  Never have I ever regretted the vote I cast.

That brings us to this election….I still think that a third party and/or an independent candidate would get my vote…..and then brace myself for the unbending stupidity about my doing so would elect this person or that…none of which I agree….

Why Your Third-Party Vote Is Not Wasted

My argument is that it is MY vote and I shall put it where I think it will do the most good for this country not because of some personality that is all show and no action and what actions they do take is usually for the benefit of business not the people.

I have not noticed an uptick for independent candidates….if this was any other election but this one I would see this as a good sign….but sadly it is not…..but it is a good sign for the people are starting to see just how corrupt and do nothing the two parties have become.

Now let us look at nightmare scenario that is forming.

Let’s say the independent s make it so that neither major candidate gets the required number of electoral votes to win the election outright….what then?

Then it would fall to the House to elect the president….

If you don’t believe the 2024 presidential campaign can get any more bizarre or anxiety-inducing, just wait.

70 percent of Americans have indicated that they don’t want the major presidential candidates they now appear stuck with. A substantial percent of Democratic voters and a majority of Republican voters don’t want President Biden to run because of his age and perceived cognitive issues. A substantial number of Republicans and a majority of Democrats don’t want former President Trump to run because of his perceived legal issues.

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If no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes, the Presidential election leaves the Electoral College process and moves to Congress. The House of Representatives elects the President from the three (3) Presidential candidates who received the most electoral votes. Each State delegation has one vote and it is up to the individual States to determine how to vote. (Since the District of Columbia is not a State, it has no State delegation in the House and cannot vote). A candidate must receive at least 26 votes (a majority of the States) to be elected. The Senate elects the Vice President from the two (2) Vice Presidential candidates with the most electoral votes. Each Senator casts one vote for Vice President. (Since the District of Columbia is has no Senators and is not represented in the vote). A candidate must receive at least 51 votes (a majority of Senators) to be elected. If the House of Representatives fails to elect a President by Inauguration Day, the Vice-President Elect serves as acting President until the deadlock is resolved in the House.

What if no candidate wins 270 electoral votes?

With the House controlled by the GOP, no matter how small the margin, and that party in bed with the Trumpian mindset we could be looking at a Trump win.

Now do you see my quandary?

My vote could throw this thing into a House election….in a different time I would laugh it off as corrupt politics at work….but it is different this time around.

Do I hold with the convictions of my principles or do I hold my nose and vote for an old fart that may not live another 4 years?  And his successor is not someone that I would ever consider worthy.

Then there is the other ‘guy’ whose policies are so far right that it scares me and the party he controls just keeps with its trek right….no where would I consider a vote for these people (being polite as possible)

Now I stand at the crossroad.

Three paths are before me….one is one that I would never travel….one is a road that holds no hope for the people of this country….and the last road is more in line with my principles but could be disastrous for the country.

I try to vote with my head and the policies that I think could benefit the most people not the party that promises and seldom has any inclination of fulfilling those promises.

My head is telling me to look beyond the two corrupt parties, which I have done on numerous occasions, but then the thought brings me back to those damn crossroads.

What to do?  What to do?

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

That Antiquated Electoral College Con

It is that time of the season…..we have been through the caucuses and primaries the determining the electoral votes for candidates….and then in November the presidential candidates will be assigned votes by the EC to help determine who will win the presidential contest.

Personally this system is a bag of cons that stretches back for over 200 years. I have let my feelings known on several occasions during the many election cycles I have written about….

What Do You Know About The Electoral College?

I want to be fair so I include a post I wrote that is pro electoral college….

Electoral College: Reasons Not To Abolish

This is for those too lazy to read the previous posts…..

Established by Article II, Section I of the Constitution, the Electoral College calls for the creation every four years of a temporary group of electors equal to the total number of representatives in Congress.

Electors, often chosen for their service to and support of a political party, are typically nominated at state party conventions and then voted on by the delegates. After this initial phase of the process, each party’s presidential candidate emerges with their own slate of potential electors. When Americans cast their ballot for president and vice president on the first Tuesday in November, they are technically casting a ballot for the slate of electors who have pledged to cast their votes for that party.

It is this group of 538 people – the formula is the same that gives us 100 senators and 435 representatives (plus three electors representing Washington D.C.) who meet in their respective states and cast their official votes for president and vice president on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December.

https://www.realclearhistory.com/articles/2024/06/28/america_101_why_the_electoral_college_1040859.html

Not that I am in favor of keeping this albatross…..

I agree that the system has outlived its usefulness and only strengthens the two party dictatorship…..

The Electoral College tie break has been the Achilles heel of America’s electoral process since the beginning. (And it’s one of the many reasons George Washington warned against the formation of political parties in the first place. C’est la vie.) Here’s how it works: In the event that no presidential candidate wins over the magical majority vote of 270 electors, the decision is sent to Congress where each state delegation gets one vote. Whoever receives a majority of the states is elected president. Simple enough? 

Here’s the catch: Even before there was a two-party system, the one-state-one-vote method quickly devolved into a duel. 

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There’s one simple alternative to forcing people to pick between a nursing home resident-in-training and a spray-tanned cult leader: Pass a Constitutional amendment changing the Electoral College tie break from a congressional vote to a run-off election between the top two candidates. This would not only give independents a fighting chance, but it would also promote the emergence of third-party congressional candidates campaigning behind the element they currently lack: a realistic presidential hopeful.

https://www.realclearhistory.com/articles/2024/02/02/reform_the_electoral_college_undo_the_two-party_system_1009005.html

Time to think about changing a lot of things in the government….like simplified tax code, a national primary, easier to actually vote and dumping the electoral college.

This is our country….time that those we send to Congress listen to the people and their concerns and wishes…..lobbyists have had their run….shut down “K” Street.

This idea is why I said what I said…..

Arizona bill recently introduced by a GOP state legislator.

State Sen. Anthony Kern (R-27) is spearheading Senate Concurrent Resolution 1014, which says that “the Legislature, and no other official, shall appoint presidential electors.” If it passes both chambers, the measure could appear on the November ballot.

As Arizona Republic columnist EJ Montini wrote earlier this month, “In other words, if such a law had existed when Biden beat Trump, the majority MAGA Legislature could have ignored the will of Arizona voters and appointed like-minded electors of their choosing who, in turn, could have installed Dear Leader as the victor.”

Someone other than the voter picks who gets the electoral votes…..now do you see why I say what I say?

The electoral college (to be redundant) has long out lived it’s usefulness….many times over….

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/opinion-electoral-college_n_66ba3471e4b0f1d23236c143

Any thoughts?

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

Will Georgia Be Ground Zero?

Many people are saying that Trump will unleash his minions to bring chaos to the 2024 election if he does not win….

A sizable minority of Americans said they would try to invalidate the presidential election results depending on which candidate wins, according to a new poll. In the latest World Justice Project survey, 14% of Republicans said they would “take action to overturn the 2024 election based solely on who is declared the winner.” Eleven percent of Democrats said they would do the same.

The survey — which is completed annually — also found widespread distrust in elections and the courts that arbitrate them. “Today, trust in many U.S. institutions, government accountability, and overall rule of law is considerably lower than it was ahead of the 2020 election,” Elizabeth Andersen, the executive director of the World Justice Project — which works to advance the rule of law around the globe — said in a statement.

Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article292616804.html#storylink=cpy

….and it is shaping up that Georgia may be the ground zero that they are looking for.

There have been several reports of the antics by Trump loyalists in the background in Georgia.

A network of county election officials in Georgia is strategizing behind the scenes to help Donald Trump in the upcoming 2024 presidential election.

The Guardian, along with Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, obtained emails through a public records request from a group calling itself the Georgia Election Integrity Coalition, which includes election officials from at least five counties in the state. The emails show favoritism by the group toward Trump, as well as efforts by the group to show fraud in the 2024 elections, despite no vote yet having been cast.

Emails were sent between the officials, as well as election deniers in Georgia and around the country. These included groups like the Tea Party Patriots, or TPP, and the Election Integrity Network, or EIN, a group founded by former Trump adviser Cleta Mitchell. Members include Michael Heekin, a Republican member of the Fulton County board of elections, and his colleague Julie Adams, Debbie Fisher of Cobb County, Nancy Jester of DeKalb County, and Roy McClain of Spalding County. All of them have a history of refusing to certify election results, and Adams works directly for the TPP and EIN.

In the emails, members discuss how to combat scrutiny, in one case regarding a letter from a Democratic attorney warning officials against refusing to certify election results. Adams sent a different email under her Tea Party Patriots address with a meeting agenda including an item about a “New York Times reporter traveling to several counties in Georgia.”

https://newrepublic.com/post/186116/emails-georgia-election-officials-trump-chaos

The chaos has already started with early voting….in Georgia….

Georgia is one of the battleground states seen as crucial to deciding the next president, but don’t be surprised if the state can’t report results on election night. The state board of elections on Friday voted 3-2 to require all counties to hand-count ballots to verify the machine count, reports USA Today. As the Washington Post notes, that has the potential to delay results for days or weeks because only the smallest counties will be able to get the count done by the next day, as mandated. “Military ballots have already been issued,” complained Ethan Compton, elections supervisor in the state’s Irwin County. “The election has begun. This is not the time to change the rules. That will only lower the integrity of our elections.”

Voting rights advocates were similarly irked, saying the late change has the potential to not only delay the count but “lay the groundwork for spurious challenges,” per Reuters. The board is controlled by three members approved by Donald Trump, who has previously praised them as “pit bulls,” notes USA Today. One of them, Janelle King, has said her mission is “to ensure that every vote is counted accurately and every election is conducted correctly going forward.” NPR has called the state a “must-win” for both Trump and Kamala Harris.

For a more detailed analysis then this article would help….

https://www.commondreams.org/news/georgia-hand-count

If you recall Georgia was a Trump favorite to find and disqualify a number of ballots making him the winner….so I would expect nothing less than a similar attempt in 2024.

Great stuff, huh?

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

Closing Thought–04Jun24

Do you have a fundamental right to vote?

Bet your answer is yes we do have the right…..with the possible exception to the state of Kansas.

The Kansas Supreme Court has made a ruling that has many up in arms….

The Kansas Supreme Court offered a mixed bag in a ruling Friday that combined several challenges to a 2021 election law, siding with state officials on one provision, reviving challenges to others and offering the possibility that at least one will be halted before this year’s general election.

But it was the ballot signature verification measure’s majority opinion — which stated there is no right to vote enshrined in the Kansas Constitution’s Bill of Rights — that drew fiery dissent from three of the court’s seven justices.

The measure requires election officials to match the signatures on advance mail ballots to a person’s voter registration record. The state Supreme Court reversed a lower court’s dismissal of that lawsuit, but the majority rejected arguments from voting rights groups that the measure violates state constitutional voting rights.

In fact, Justice Caleb Stegall, writing for the majority, said that the dissenting justices wrongly accused the majority of ignoring past precedent, holding that the court has not identified a “fundamental right to vote” within the state constitution.

“It simply is not there,” Stegall wrote.

Justice Eric Rosen, one of the three who dissented, shot back: “It staggers my imagination to conclude Kansas citizens have no fundamental right to vote under their state constitution.”

“I cannot and will not condone this betrayal of our constitutional duty to safeguard the foundational rights of Kansans,” Rosen added.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/kansas-constitution-include-vote-state-supreme-court-majority-110730583

If this ruling stands how long will it be before other red states try this end run on the people of their state?

If you are 18 and a citizen it does matter which of the 50 little republics you live you have a duty to vote and if anyone stands in your way then it is time to push back on this betrayal of the people.

Is this what you want for this country?

I Read, I Write, you Know

“lego ergo scribo”

“Literally Anybody Else”

I am not a fan of the two party system…..I think it stifles any progress in this country…..and yes I usual look for some to vote for that at least on the surface sounds a bit progressive.

In the recent past there has been a movement to protest by voting ‘uncommitted’….but this Texas dude has done the extra mile.

A Texas man has changed his name to what some voters facing a President Biden-Donald Trump rematch in November say they would prefer: Literally Anybody Else. The 35-year-old candidate, formerly known as Dustin Ebey, is an Army veteran who teaches math to seventh-graders in suburban Dallas, the Guardian reports. A Tarrant County approved the name change, and Else is trying to get on the ballot as an independent presidential candidate. “This isn’t about me … more so as it is an idea,” he says. “We can do better out of 300 million people for president.”

Else says he changed his name because he’s not satisfied with the choices on offer this year. “There really should be some outlet for people like me who are just so fed up with this constant power grab between the two parties that just has no benefit to the common person,” says Else, who describes his views as centrist. “Literally Anybody Else isn’t a person, it’s a rally cry,” his website states. He is trying to get on the ballot in Texas, but it won’t be easy. He will need to submit a petition before May 13 with 113,151 signatures from registered voters who didn’t vote in either party’s primary, WFAA reports.

“I’m not delusional. This will be very hard to do, but it’s not impossible. My hope is to have Donald Trump, Joe Biden, and then Literally Anybody Else right underneath,” Else tells WFAA. He says that the campaign is more about sending a message than winning and that if he doesn’t make it onto the ballot, he hopes voters in Texas and other states will write in Literally Anybody Else to express their dissatisfaction.

Clever.

I know, I know….if you vote for this guy then you help elect the other guy….that is a tired old excuse….

Yes it is a gimmick….but sad that one has to resort to gimmicks.

Vote for who you want and screw all the naysayers.

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

Trump For The Win!

After months of back and forth SCOTUS has rendered a ruling on whether Trump can be on the ballad or not….

And like most sane people thought the court would side with Trump….after all one political hack covering for another.

Donald Trump scored a massive victory in the 2024 election on Monday—and it came from the Supreme Court, not the voting booth. The court ruled unanimously that the former president should not be disqualified from appearing on the ballot in Colorado because of his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, reports the Washington Post.

  • Not a surprise: The court heard arguments last month, and both conservative and liberal justices appeared to be reluctant to keep him off the ballot. Trump had challenged Colorado’s decision to exclude him.
  • Impact: Had the Colorado ruling stood, Trump likely would have been removed from the ballot in states around the country. Thus, Monday’s decision “was the court’s most important ruling concerning a presidential election since Bush v. Gore handed the presidency to George W. Bush in 2000,” per the New York Times.
  • Unusually fast: This ruling came much faster than most, with the court apparently rushing to issue it before this week’s Super Tuesday voting, when Colorado and more than a dozen other states vote in primaries. Trump is expected to further cement his giant lead over Nikki Haley in the Republican race.
  • The clause: Colorado’s top court declared that Trump engaged in insurrection and thus should be disqualified from running again under a clause in the 14th Amendment. Read about the rationale here.

The spineless justices have made their intentions known….this is just another step to get Trump in the White House…..by hook or crook.

We have not heard the end of this there will be media coverage and analysis for the day or so…..but will it take a back seat Tuesday to the primaries….after all it is Super Tuesday when 15 states hold their primaries.

But what does this ruling mean?

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/after-supreme-court-14th-amendment-ruling-states-ban/story

All those negative predictions have come into being….and that slime ball Trump gets another win and it will probably apply to any others that try to throw his ass off their tickets.

One step closer!

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”