#local elections 2023

[superbeans89]

So yeah, the tories have taken an absolute hammering in the local elections. Finally, something to celebrate this weekend.

[froggyfroo]

It's local election day in England, so this is your friendly reminder make sure you have a valid photo ID before you go out to vote today! If you don't have one, you can apply for an Emergency Proxy Vote on the Electoral Commission's website up until 5pm today.

[seachranaidhe]

'PUP leader Billy Hutchinson has lost his seat on Belfast city council the people of east Belfast have overwhelminly rejected him and his policies and politics in east Belfast.'.

http://seachranaidhe-irishandproud.blogspot.com/2023/05/pup-leader-billy-hutchinson-has-lost.html

[insidecroydon]

Greens, residents and LibDems put squeeze on Tory Surrey

Follow the yellow brick road: political editor WALTER CRONXITE takes a flight of fancy over the new political map of south-east England after last week’s local elections, which have given the LibDems much encouragement Pathway to success?: the LibDems are targeting Tory ministers’ seats in Surrey after last week’s results The fields of Surrey, Sussex and Kent are awash in vibrant green and yellow…

[whenweallvote]

Just some of last night’s historic wins 🥳

[tomorrowusa]

Tuesday is Election Day in many parts of the US.

VOTE! 🗳 🇺🇸

A number of sites provide you with an opportunity to see who is on your ballot and what issues are being contested. They don't include an actual image of your ballot but they do let you know what's on it.

VOTE411 Voter Guide

Sample Ballot Lookup - Ballotpedia

Vote Informed on the Entire Ballot - BallotReady

Of course check the site of your local election authority. In some places it's the county clerk and in others it's a board of elections. The elections mentioned in this post are a small number of those around the US on November 7th.

Because of the GOP SCOTUS overturning of Roe v. Wade, state legislatures now determine whether a state supports reproductive freedom or not. State governments have been badly neglected by liberals for decades — and that situation needs to end.

Both chambers of the state legislature in Virginia are up for election on Tuesday. If both fall under Republican control then the state will join the rest of the South in restricting abortion.

Virginia is not the only state having elections for its state officials.

STATES HOLDING ELECTIONS FOR STATE LEGISLATURE

Virginia

New Jersey

Mississippi

Louisiana

STATES HOLDING ELECTIONS FOR GOVERNOR

Kentucky

Louisiana

Mississippi

There are numerous municipal elections, special elections, ballot measures, and constitutional amendments to be decided on Tuesday.

The biggie is the Ohio constitutional amendment on reproductive freedom. Voters in Ohio have the opportunity to overturn the gerrymandered Ohio Republican legislature's ban on abortion. Vote YES on Ohio Issue 1.

A very local but important contest is the special legislative election in New Hampshire to fill a vacancy in Hillsborough County District 3 (in the Nashua area). Right now Republicans have a one seat advantage in the New Hampshire House of Representatives. If Democrat Paige Beauchemin wins this seat then Republicans will be forced to share power with Democrats in the chamber.

Good candidates for federal office often emerge from state and local government. Before he was elected to the US Senate in 2004, Barack Obama served several terms in the Illinois legislature.

There is no such thing as an unimportant election.

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

As of Thursday, voter turnout for next week’s special election in Oregon was at 13%.

There are no statewide elections on the ballot for next Tuesday. But all Oregon counties will be electing representatives for local offices, like school boards, water districts and transportation districts.

The latest numbers show voter turnout is lowest in Umatilla County at 8.7%. Turnout is highest in nearby, and much smaller, Wallowa County at 28.5%.

Less than 10% of Multnomah County voters had returned their ballots by Thursday. For comparison, the county has averaged about 25% voter turnout in May special elections over the last 10 years.

Oregon ballots must be received at any county elections office in Oregon or Official Ballot Drop Site location May 16 by 8 p.m., or mailed and postmarked by May 16, and received within seven days to be counted.

If mailing ballots, voters should check to see what time the mail carrier typically picks up mail.

[etaleah]

Don’t Skip Election Day in 2023

It’s not a presidential or midterm year, but there are still a lot of important elections happening within the next month and it is still crucial that you vote in them. Many of these are local elections that can most directly impact your life and community. The people on the ballot this year are your mayors, city council members, and school board members. Some ballots will also have proposals for you to vote on, like whether you’re okay with raising taxes by 0.4% to pay for road repairs or something of that nature.

School boards are especially important in the era of unprecedented book bans. Please, if you value the freedom to read, if you value representation, diversity in literature, etc., show up to your local election. The absolute best tool we have to fight book bans is to make sure they don’t happen in the first place, and who is on the school board can be the deciding factor in whether a book gets removed. Check who’s running in your district to make sure the position goes to someone reasonable and not a Moms for Liberty bigot. Because I have no doubt that some of those will be running and they are banking on people not showing up or not knowing that an election is happening. Turnout for local elections is awful and it’s a big part of why there’s been so little change.

Mayors and city council members matter too. They have the power over things like rent control, basic income, universal broadband, public transit, local infrastructure, city budgets, libraries, parks, policing, disaster relief, and whether Confederate statues get removed. They can affect your life in ways that governors and congresspeople and even presidents can’t.

Local elections can be where your vote matters the most. There’s no electoral college to mess it up, and the amount of people who can vote in each one is so small that every vote really does count.

Early voting is going to start happening in a few weeks. If you haven’t registered, don’t know your status, don’t know the dates or your polling place or what’s required to vote, or if you don’t know what’s on your ballot, now is the time to find out. Look up your sample ballot and research each candidate to see where they stand on the issues.

Election Day in 2023 is every bit as important and high-stakes as Election Day in 2022 and 2024. And we all need to treat it that way.

[thebrokenkindle]

Friendly reminder to my fellow UK folks that you need some form of photo ID to vote in person at this year's local elections!

You can apply for a Voter ID Certificate if you don't have any photo ID, and you can use out of date photo ID as long as it still looks like you. You can also use certain concessionary bus passes (usually an older person's travel card).

More info here:

[cromwelll]

Not wrong!

[infosurbaines]

RDC/ Élections législatives et locales : instruction au Conseil d’Etat de 39 dossiers sur les 82 candidats invalidés

Le Conseil d’État a instruit, mercredi 10 janvier, 39 affaires sur l’annulation des suffrages et scrutins de 82 candidats députés aux législatives et locales du 20 décembre dernier. Sur ces 82, seize requérants ont saisi le juge de référé-liberté contre la CENI afin d’être rétablis dans leurs droits et l’accusent d’avoir violé le droit de la défense. Les requérants accusent cette institution…

[carlocarrasco]

3-week transition period for incoming barangay and SK officials set by DILG

With the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) over and most winning candidates already proclaimed by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC), the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) set a transition period of three weeks for the incoming barangay and SK officials, according to a Manila Bulletin news report. To put things in perspective, posted below is an excerpt…

[seachranaidhe]

The Irish language in the new British Passport - but don't tell the TUV!

I love the rose, daffodil, shamrock and thistle on the back to represent all the parts of the UK.https://twitter.com/ErvineLinda/status/1658935176422891522?s=20 The Irish language in the new British Passport. I love the rose, daffodil, shamrock and thistle on the back to represent all the parts of the UK. pic.twitter.com/NJyGk27cie— Linda Ervine MBE (@ErvineLinda) May 17, 2023

[atimelesschild]

[diasporagreenspace]

Miss-Lou Voter Registration Deadlines Approaching

Do your duty. Cast your vote.

From Vote411.org and The League Of Women Voters Education Fund 1 The states elect the President and Vice President through The Electoral College process, but… state and local elections are won by the tallying individual votes! Some of the most common state and local election types include: primary elections, general elections, special elections, and municipal elections. The Mississippi…