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[justinspoliticalcorner]

Ian Millhiser at Vox:

On October 23, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that many voters who cast a mailed-in ballot improperly, thus rendering their vote “void,” should be allowed to cast a ballot on Election Day that will actually be counted. Though it’s hard to pin down exactly how many voters will be impacted by this decision, it’s likely that thousands of Pennsylvanians will regain their ability to vote in the November election if the state supreme court’s decision remains in effect.

The case, which was known as Genser v. Butler County Board of Elections when it was decided by the state supreme court, involves a genuinely difficult legal question that required the state’s justices to resolve a conflict between two competing legal principles. It split them 4-3, with four Democrats forming the majority and two Republicans and one Democrat in dissent. On Monday, the Republican Party asked the US Supreme Court to intervene and effectively disenfranchise the thousands of voters who will be allowed to vote if the state court’s Genser decision stands. That alone is a very big deal. If the 2024 presidential election is very close, as is expected, and if victory comes down to which candidate wins Pennsylvania, a US Supreme Court decision in favor of the GOP could flip the winner of this election from Kamala Harris to Donald Trump. (Although more Republicans are expected to vote by mail than in 2020, Democrats likely still have an advantage with this cohort.)

But this case could also have massive implications for US democracy that extend far beyond the 2024 election, even if Harris wins in a landslide. State supreme courts are supposed to be the final word on all questions of state law. The ultimate authority on the question in Genser has spoken, and the US Supreme Court ought to butt out. Nevertheless, the GOP argues that the high Court needs to get involved because of something known as the “independent state legislature doctrine” (ISLD), a chaotic legal theory that the Supreme Court has rejected many times over the last century.

If the justices accept the GOP’s arguments, they will introduce unprecedented chaos into US elections, putting in doubt which officials are responsible for election law — and even whether voters or their elected officials get to decide who wins in elections.

The independent state legislature doctrine would destabilize the United States and threaten its security

In its strongest form, the ISLD claims that each state’s legislative branch has exclusive authority to determine how federal elections are conducted in that state. That means that a state governor cannot veto laws governing federal elections, even if the state constitution typically allows the governor to veto bills passed by the legislature. It means that states cannot alter their election laws through ballot initiatives or referendums. It means that state courts cannot enforce state constitutional provisions that protect the right to vote. And it even calls into question state court decisions interpreting state election laws.

In Genser, the Republican Party doesn’t go to any of those extremes. But they do claim that by interpreting Pennsylvania law to permit the impacted voters to cast a ballot on Election Day, the state supreme court robbed the state legislature of its supposedly exclusive authority to write election laws. But even in its weaker forms, the ISLD is dangerous. The last time an independent state legislature doctrine case was before the Court, in Moore v. Harper (2023), an array of conservative luminaries and former top national security officials warned the justices to stay far, far away from the ISLD, lest they destabilize America’s entire system for choosing its leaders.

[...]

What are the immediate stakes in Genser?

Even setting aside the long-term stakes in this case, Genser is a big deal solely because it could change the outcome of the 2024 presidential election — although the likelihood of such an outcome is difficult to predict because it turns on two unknown variables: 1) How much of an advantage will Democrats have over Republicans among Pennsylvanians who vote by mail? and 2) How many of these voters will be impacted by the Genser decision?

Genser arises out of a quirk of Pennsylvania law. In order to cast a mailed ballot, the voter must stuff their ballot inside two separate envelopes. The first, often referred to as the “outer envelope,” includes information that can identify the voter who cast a particular ballot. The second, known as the “secrecy envelope,” does not. Pennsylvania law, moreover, is unusually unforgiving to voters who do not properly stuff their ballot in this second envelope: In 2020, the state supreme court held that a ballot that is not properly stuffed is “void.” The plaintiffs in Genser are two voters who previously attempted to vote by mail, but their ballots were canceled because they didn’t properly stuff them. The state then sent them an email informing them that their ballots were voided and advising them that “you can go to your polling place on election day and cast a provisional ballot.” Yet, when these two voters did exactly that, the state reversed course and decided not to count their provisional ballots after all.

It turns out that the legal question of whether a Pennsylvania voter who casts a voided mailed ballot may then vote via a provisional ballot is unusually difficult. On the one hand, Pennsylvania law states that a provisional ballot “shall not be counted” if the same voter’s “mail-in ballot is timely received by a county board of elections.” So that statutory language is certainly helpful to the Republican Party’s position in Genser. On the other hand, the state supreme court previously held that ballots cast without the secrecy envelope are “void.” As the same court explains in its Genser opinion, something that is “void” must be given “no legal effect.” So, under this reading of Pennsylvania law, a mailed ballot that is submitted without a secrecy envelope must be treated as if it did not exist — and thus it cannot prevent the same voter from casting a provisional ballot. Is that a persuasive argument? The honest answer is that this case split the court 4-3 for a reason. Both possible interpretations of state law are plausible, and a majority of the state’s justices decided to go with the option that is more consistent with democratic principles.

[...] Realistically, preventing these voters from having their votes counted will not change the result of the 2024 election unless the whole thing comes down to Pennsylvania — and unless Harris leads Trump by only a few thousand ballots. But, in that scenario, a victory for the Republican Party in Genser would change the course of American history.

The Genser v. Butler County Board of Elections case could be a pivotal case, should SCOTUS somehow take the case up, to determine who wins Pennsylvania (and likely the election) between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court ruled 4-3 in favor of permitting those who cast a mailed-in ballot improperly to “cure” their ballot on election day.

The GOP’s arguments reek of the nonsensical independent state legislature theory arguments that were largely shot down in Moore v. Harper.

[kneipe]

köln 2023

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TW FLASHING IMAGES/LIGHTS

extremely low effort rendition of a dream i had where i listened to a love love nightmare x venetian blind man mashup

i feel like it could be done justice by anyone that doesnt have my current skillset

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from left to right: Evie (they/them) - Rev's sibling, has a talent for manipulating void energy (they're a space wizard), currently trying to apprehend Rev Rev (he/him) - Evie's brother, separated himself from the hive mind-ish situation his species has going on and is currently trying to hide from his government Jack (it/its or no pronouns)- tiny squid alien :) escaped lab experiment that definitely doesn't have anything strange going on.

Alright writing time ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆

Rev did not feel good at all. But being nearly unconcious did that to a person.

Evie had managed to track him down yet again. Unfortunately this time Rev just so happened to not be alone, which would normally be a good thing, except that the poor folks in his vicinity really did not deserve to have their ship rocked by void explosions.

That was certainly one of the things making him feel like shit at the moment.

The other thing… Considering he was one of the only crew members able to survive outside of the ship without needing to waste time putting on a space suit, he had taken the responsibility of rushing out the airlock in an attempt to get his sibling off the ship's ass. It did not go well, to say the least. Evie had much more practice and actual training than he did when it came to weilding void energy, on top of literally being better built for it than him. It didn't take long for them to tire him out.

"Awww, you're no fun, I barely got started there! You never should have gotten those cords cut, you could have been such a powerhouse!!" Evie blippped, in the same annoying synthetic tone as usual. Rev attempted an answer, but all that came out was a low bass-y drone, trailing off into a distorted crackle. That didn't sound good.

"Yikes, that sounded bad." Evie hummed with faux concern. Ugh. Rev managed to look up at them and glare. "Well, I guess I should at least put you out of your misery for a bit before I turn you in. Certainly wouldn't want any trouble." If they could sneer, they probably would have. Oh they were insufferable.

With a mechanical growl, Rev flew towards Evie, his wings and horns glowing brighter as he prepared to hit them with everything he had. Evie's eye widened suddenly, and they let out a short, high-pitched note as they quickly dashed out of the way. They hadn't been expecting him to react so intensely, but he wasn't nearly quick enough to catch them completely off-guard. He quickly shut down his jets and attempted to whirl around to face Evie again, when a sudden impact in his back sent him reeling.

Glancing down, he could clearly see shards of metal floating around him, and bright blue void fluid leaking out of his back into the surrounding space. That was definitely not good. Turning around, he could see Evie had their hand out, still wreathed in lingering multicoloured energy. The playful buzz emanating from them earlier had completely vanished, now they emitted only a dark, quiet drone.

"I'm not going to let someone like YOU get the jump on me like that." They whirred angrily.

Rev saw their eye and wings flaring up, ready to cast a final attack, when the attention of both machines was drawn back towards the ship by a sharp ringing sound. The noise grew louder and louder as a light coming from the airlock grew brighter and brighter.

Suddenly it collided violently with both of them. Evie let out a synthetic shriek as their systems came into contact with the incredible amount of void energy it was producing. Rev was thrown back a short ways, towards the ship. He squinted at the bright object that currently had Evie in it's clutches, and noticed a tiny hint of bright green amidst the intense sparks.

"Jack..?"

He hadn't realized he'd managed to say the tiny alien's name out loud until the light suddenly died down as it glanced towards him, fear and concern filling it's eyes. In it's moment of distraction, Evie growled, grabbing it's helmet and wrenching it off of them. They pointed their eye square at Rev's head, and began charging energy once more, this time clearly aiming to do more than just incapacitate him. Jack reacted quickly, sparking up again with such rage that Rev swore he could feel it from where he was floating.

Evie's eye laser was knocked off course by the sudden attack, clipping Rev's chest and doing more damage to his back. A horrible roar echoed from the veritable supernova that was Jack, and Rev felt a wave of force propel him back towards the ship. His vision going white from the sudden energy.

And that was what brought him to where he was now. On the verge of unconsciousness, feeling terribly guilty for making the crew deal with Evie, and leaking precious void fuel all over the airlock (He was in the airlock now?) and the rest of the ship. He'd have to apologize to Hrr'Gr'Ah for the mess later. Faintly, he felt the vibrations of the crew running towards him and Jack (when did Jack come in here? Where was Evie??), voices chattering trying to ask both of them what happened, Jack making panicked sounds as it gestured towards his shattered processors.

With his vision and hearing rapidly failing, he was about to happily pass out until the whole ordeal was over. Until a sudden violent spark in his back wrenched a horrible discordant scream from his very cores. The last thing he remembered was more yelling from the crew, the lingering ring of a powerful void spell, and a terrible writhing sensation travelling rapidly through the flesh underneath his shell.

[christmasunderground]

Slow Salvation "The Ghost of Last Christmas" (2024)

VBM DreamsBuy: Bandcamp I sure hope someone is out there compiling an incredible dream pop/shoegaze Christmas record… because here is another! New Jersey’s Slow Salvation are bringing their effects pedals to Christmas with the wonderful “The Ghost of Last Christmas.” This genre is often mainly a vibe, with the walls of buzzing guitars and airy vocals creating an atmosphere for the lyrics to live…

[narasnooze]

Anonymous asked:

you have no idea how badly I wanna take you in bed right now. Fuck. Or anywhere. On a desk. In bed. Against a wall. Your so frigging beautiful baby and so easily ruined. Wanna sink into you so bad and grip your hair tight 

   Blushing furiously, and frowning, Shikamaru has his eyebrows knit together in an annoyed but also very abashed expression. “Has people no damn shame...? Honestly..”

[kemetic-dreams]

Wilson Chinn (fl. 1863) was an escaped American slave from Louisiana who became known as the subject of photographs documenting the extensive use of torture received in slavery. The "branded slave" photograph of Chinn with "VBM" (the initials of his owner, Volsey B. Marmillion) branded on his forehead, wearing a punishment collar, and posing with other equipment used to punish slaves became one of the most widely circulated photos of the abolitionist movement during the American Civil War and remains one of the most famous photos of that era.

The New York Times writer Joan Paulson Gage, noted in 2013 that "The images of Wilson Chinn in chains, like the one of Gordon and his scarred back, are as disturbing today as they were in 1863. They serve as two of the earliest and most dramatic examples of how the newborn medium of photography could change the course of history."

[eraserdude6226]

Now that early voting and vote by mail is getting underway, let people know that their votes GO IN THE BOX NOT THE BAG OF SOMEONE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD!! I know, after working 4 elections in the VBM department of the local BOE that there's plenty of money available for workers to work extra.

Make them do their job correctly!! I'm this example, the person should have been calling the local sheriff and letting them know what's going on at that box!!

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Em Steck, Andrew Kaczynski, and Jeremy Herb at CNN's KFile:

Donald Trump’s campaign is making a last-minute push to advocate for early and mail-in voting, methods the former president has falsely vilified for years as dangerous and fraudulent. With less than a month to go in a tight race, Trump’s campaign is urging people to vote early and by mail, while also working to expand voting access in North Carolina after Hurricane Helene. In a series of recent virtual town halls and robocalls reviewed by CNN, Trump and his daughter-in-law Lara Trump, the co-chair of the Republican National Committee, have actively encouraged voters to take advantage of early voting options, including mail-in ballots. “Hi, this is Lara Trump calling on behalf of President Trump’s campaign, and we’re urging you to get out and vote before Election Day,” one robocall says. Earlier this year, Lara Trump voiced a robocall falsely alleging massive fraud in the 2020 election due to mail-in ballots. At least 286,000 estimated robocalls with this recording were sent to voters, including in the key swing states of Pennsylvania, Georgia, Wisconsin, Arizona, Nevada and Michigan, according to data from Nomorobo, an app that blocks and tracks robocalls. The calls began as early as October 2.

The Trump campaign this past week also asked North Carolina to take steps to expand voting access in the wake of damage from Hurricane Helene – even as Republicans in Georgia opposed an effort to expand voting access by extending registration deadlines following hurricane damage in that state.

Voting rights advocates, while happy to see the Trump campaign join in a bipartisan push for expanded voting access, note that it cuts against a lengthy record of trying to restrict voting in this election and in 2020, when the pandemic upended voting across the country.

“It’s great that the Trump campaign was speaking with the same voice as so many others and asking for expansions to voting access in the wake of Hurricane Helene,” said Sean Morales-Doyle, the director of the voting rights program at the Brennan Center for Justice. “But it does trouble me that they don’t take a sort of uniform approach to that – or to mail voting or to early voting.” In 2020, the Trump campaign filed several lawsuits to stop many of the changes made by states to make it easier to vote by mail. The changes were put in place to reduce indoor gatherings during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.

[...]

‘Too big to rig’

Trump has previously released videos and messages on his social media promoting early and mail-in voting as part of the Republican National Committee’s get-out-the-vote program. Both methods of voting are promoted at Trump’s campaign rallies. But that push has at times led to conflicting messaging from the former president. Last month, at a rally in Indiana, Pennsylvania, Trump disparaged early voting, and promoted it, in the same breath. “We got to get out and vote. And you can start right away. You know that, right? Now we have this stupid stuff where you can vote 45 days early. I wonder what the hell happens during that 45. ‘Let’s move, see these votes? We’ve got about a million votes in there. Let’s move them. We’re fixing the air conditioner in the room, right?’ No, it’s terrible,” Trump said. “What happened the last time was disgraceful, including right here. But we’re not going to let it happen again. You know, too big to rig, right? That’s one way you do it.” In 2020, Trump called mail-in ballots “dangerous” and “corrupt.” He said they’d lead to “massive electoral fraud” and a “rigged” 2020 election. Now locked in a tight election against Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump’s campaign is actively promoting early in-person and mail voting, even as the former president pledged to one day eliminate the commonly used practices. He falsely implied they were insecure voting methods in a June video posted to Swamp the Vote USA, a voting resource website paid for by the Republican National Committee.

“I will once and for all secure our elections. We’re going to go to paper ballots. We’re going to have same-day voting, voter ID. We’re going to do it properly. We’re going to have good, secure, beautiful elections. We never want what happened in 2020 to happen again,” Trump says directly to the camera. “But until then, Republicans must win. And we must use every appropriate tool available to beat the Democrats. … Whether you vote early, absentee, by mail or in person, we’re going to protect the vote.”

The Expired Orange Liar, who has repeatedly trafficked in conspiracy theories about vote by mail over the years (especially in the COVID-dominated election year of 2020), has come to embrace vote by mail.

[lemondrop07]

Postcards to Voters!!!!

[image ID: ten postcards flipped to show the messages on them. they say: "It's time to renew your Florida Vote By Mail. Call (727) 464-8683 to update your VBM enrollment. Get Pinellas County ballots at the address of your choice for every election." the ending of the message varies, but most say "Your Vote = Your Voice" and are signed by Moss. the addresses of the postcards are obscured.]

[image ID: ten postcards with "Be a voter!" written on each, as well as hand-drawn flowers.]

you can help increase voters by volunteering for Postcards to Voters! it's easy and you can do it from your own home. i think the presidential election coming up is probably the most high stakes we've ever seen, so we need to make sure that people are voting!!!

[robotcongnghieptpa-blog]

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Themiscyra's Act of True Love IGP1 CGC ATT WAC VBM

Protection phase of her IGP1 routine

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Can GCH Themiscyra's Step Into Your Power CSAU CGN CGC TT ATT WAC VBM "Elsa" - Fenris' mother

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[sandcastle-art]

Help: my robots designed to be mindless tracking machines are getting attached to eachother and exhibiting cat behaviours.