#Electoral

[wyrmfedgrave]

NBC News: Maine Democrats have likely run out of time to change Electoral College laws if Nebraska GOP acts

tRump is trying to steal a 'free' electoral vote - if his Rep enablers can change the law in Nebraska.

Maine & Nebraska are states that award electoral votes by picking off one vote where they would get nothing...

(Huh? Both fighting over one vote?! Or, both getting one vote when they have none.)

Reps have been trying to change this law for some decades- stating that this system gives Nebraska too much political revelance!

The Reps' latest attempt is being done now that Maine can't 'counter' it - by also using a winner- take-all electoral system.

Like the rest of America...

The reason for all of this is that, in Maine, it takes 90 days for a new law to go into effect.

And, it's now 89 days to the election...

(Unless, that law is itself changed.)

The Reps want other states to have the same odd laws - since it would be helpful with their type of gerrymandering the voting maps.

With this tactic, Reps are hoping for a close race or even an electoral vote 'tie'!

That would allow the House to choose who the Reps want to 'win'...

(This is another reason why the Electoral College should be outlawed.)

Luckily, Nebraska Reps have always come up short in getting this rule overturned.

But, don't rule out more Rep dirty tricks - they've obviously studied our election laws & are figuring out ways to help them 'circumvent' the rules!!

End?

[hale-nathan]

Trump Weird News - Lost By A Whisker Or 36!

[eaglesnick]

The Continued Erosion of British Democracy

In May 2021 it was reported that:

“More than 2m voters may lack photo ID required under new UK bill” (Guardian: 11/04/21)

Although there was no evidence that our electoral process was in anyway flawed, being abused or interfered with, the right-wing Tory Party decided to introduce voter ID. US civil rights groups, who know something about Republican interference with the democratic voting process, have called what the Tory Party is doing “voter suppression".

In other words, the Tory government has introduced a legally binding voter requirement that has the effect of potentially  denying millions of the electorate their right to vote The fact that this group of voters – the young, the poor, the homeless, - are demographically more likely to vote Labour or Liberal Democrat is not a coincidence. This is a blatant attempt at ballot rigging.

Am I exaggerating? Possibly, but it is very odd, that older voters, who demographically tend to be vote Conservative, can use their bus passes as proof of identity, whilst students, who demographically tend to vote for more left-wing parties, are not allowed to use their student cards as proof of ID. 

 On top of the 2 million people estimated to have no photo identity at all, you can add those who do not know they need a valid form of photo ID to vote. Research shows that 25% of those born after 1995 do not realise they now need photo ID to be able to vote.

All of these figures and statistics are guess work at the moment, derived from various polls looking into the problem. Come voting day, and post electoral analysis, we should know exactly how many people will have been disenfranchised by these new rules. Well, that is what you would expect but this isn’t so. Sunak has no intension of  calculating how many voters don't have a "valid" photo ID.

Tory minister refuses to say if number of voters without photo ID will be fully recorded  (Guardian: 27/04/23)

Even the Daily Telegraph, usually a staunch supporter of Conservative Party policies, is disgusted with this anti-democratic interference with the right to vote.

“The new rules on voter ID are a democratic scandal. This expensive new system is a solution to a non-existent problem – the government should be making voting easier, not harder."

I couldn’t agree more.

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"Basura es mala elección" ¬ GreenPeace México devuelve residuos plásticos de propaganda política a partidos https://www.sinembargo.mx/21-05-2024/4503805

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Los gobernadores en alerta por una resolución de la Cámara Electoral que los obliga a pagar los padrones

 Una acordada de la Cámara Nacional Electoral despertó la inquietud de los gobernadores que deberán pagar para obtener los padrones para las elecciones del año que viene. La Acordada 120 que firmaron la semana pasada los miembros del máximo organismo electoral establece un arancel variable según la cantidad de ciudadanos incluidos en el padrón de cada provincia, por lo que los distritos más…

[yoacusomultimediosblog]

¿Cuánto para la elección?

Templo Mayor | F. Bartolomé | UNO DE LOS MAYORES retos que se vienen en las discusiones del Presupuesto 2025 es cuánto dinero se va a destinar a la elección de jueces, magistrados y ministros. El INE ha pedido la friolera de casi 14 mil millones de pesos, y tanto la presidenta Claudia Sheinbaum como los diputados de Morena han dicho que esa cantidad es desproporcionada y que tendrán que…

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PRIMA PAGINA El Mundo di Oggi martedì, 29 ottobre 2024

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Somalia: Informes oficiales de la ONU sobre el progreso electoral y los desafíos de seguridad actuales

James Swan, Representante Especial interino del Secretario General y Jefe de la Misión de Asistencia de las Naciones Unidas en Somalia (UNSOM), informó al Consejo de Seguridad en Nueva York junto con Mohammed El-Amine Souef, Jefe de la Misión de Transición de la UA en Somalia (ATMIS). El mandato de la UNSOM expirará a finales de mes, y Somalia ha propuesto un proceso de dos años para transferir…

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AMLO reacciona a la resolución del TEPJF para declarar válida la elección presidencial

Tribunal Electoral valida elección presidencial; AMLO destaca legalidad y legitimidad del proceso

El presidente de México, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, celebró la decisión del Tribunal Electoral del Poder Judicial de la Federación (TEPJF) de validar la elección presidencial. En este sentido, el órgano desestimó las impugnaciones presentadas por Xóchitl Gálvez Ruiz y otros partidos de oposición. Bajo este contexto, las impugnaciones alegaban una supuesta intervención gubernamental y del…

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Chavismo desesperado apela a difundir temor entre electores y la oposición

El oficialismo difunde material de video en el que reiteran la posibilidad de una guerra civil para boicotear el evento electoral del 28 de julio Nicolás Maduro, hablando durante un mitin de campaña en Caracas, el 3 de diciembre de 2020. AFP CARACAS.- Sin llamados de atención del CNE, Nicolás Maduro, quien aspira a repetir en el poder, ha intensificado en las últimas semanas la difusión de…

[wyrmfedgrave]

If Biden withdraws, Democrats can replace him on the Texas ballot | The Texas Tribune

Sadly, Prez Biden is under mounting pressure to drop out of the race.

Not only are more Democrats against Biden now, he's also been stricken with Covid...

I hate to say it but, it looks like the end of the race for him...

Yet, it's so late in the Election, that if Mr. Biden waits too long to "pass the torch on", replacing him will run into various other problems.

The biggest being that Democrats have until August 26th deadline to be on the Texas ballot...

So, they now have 5 weeks to prepare Harris(?) for a run at a Red state...

74 days before Election Day to make the needed changes...

The sands of time are quickly running out to get a replacement for Biden.

And, the whole Election is in the air - for the Democrats.

That's a quest for 270 Electors to win the White House!

And, most Electors are allowed to vote for whomever they want!!

In most states, whoever gets the most electoral votes - takes them all!

But, in Texas, state election laws require Electors to sign an oath - that the Electors must later vote for the people's own chosen candidate...

Will that be enough to make a difference?

Or is the Election already lost?

End.

[alabs1]

Rivers Electoral Commission Fixes October 5 For Conduct Of LG Polls

The Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) has fixed Oct. 5, for the conduct of local government council elections in the state. RSIEC chairman, Justice Adolphus Enebeli (rtd), announced the date at a stakeholders meeting in Port Harcourt on Monday. “The aim of this meeting is to unveil the timetable and guidelines for the conduct of elections into the 23 local government councils…

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Was the 2024 Lok Sabha election Shashi Tharoor's last election term? Congress leader...

Four-time MP and senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said on Friday that he would “not consider himself” contesting another Lok Sabha election from his five-year term because the Thiruvananthapuram MP believes that one should know when to go. Except for the little blood. In the recently concluded elections, Tharoor secured his 4th victory from Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha seat by…

[oknews]

Actualización electoral: dónde se ubican las contiendas por el Congreso en las que participan veteranos

Los ganadores de 15 elecciones al Congreso en las que se presentaron veteranos aún estaban indeterminados cuando la semana electoral finalizó el viernes por la tarde. Entre las principales contiendas con veteranos que aún no habían sido convocadas por The Associated Press hasta el mediodía del viernes se encontraban las elecciones al Senado en Nevada y Arizona, varias contiendas para la Cámara de…