#Electoral

Last night's shitshow of an #RVA Electoral Board meeting sure piqued my interest. Who are these people, where did they come from, and why can't they run a meeting? Join
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160 years ago today (Feb. 13, 1861): Congress counted electoral votes certifying Abraham Lincoln as the winner of the 1860 presidential election.https://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llcg&fileName=055/llcg055.db&recNum=895 1/
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One thing revealed by our current crisis of democracy is the limits of survey technology to illicit preferences around abstract concepts, like "legitimacy". Questions like this are hard to ask
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For my non-American friends: the presidential election in the US is not a national election; it is 51 different elections for 1 office, so it is (by design) a mess.
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Nothing drives home why the Trump/Pence ticket is badly behind & out of step w/ public opinion quite like tonight's rally and this answer: At the same time, people should
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Several days ago a local reporter asked what was the reason for the "interest" Venezuelans have about politics (and elections) in the United States. We spoke about Venezuelan-Americans and their
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Day 2! As part of our workshop today, we'll discuss "bridging the gap" in our work on elections and violence. How do we do public engagement responsibly? What are we
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I hope folks recognize the power actually resides with the people, that it’s not about voting folks into office & then crossing your fingers while hoping they’ll do what you
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MINI-THREAD on IDPs/#BurkinaFaso's municipal electionsAs BF looks ahead to the upcoming municipal elections (ostensibly scheduled for May 2021, assuming no revisions to the electoral code), 3 electoral violence concerns pervade
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Situation in Myanmar/Burma explainer: The military (Tatmadaw) has arrested Aung San Suu Kyi and other leaders from her NLD party over claims of electoral fraud. ASSK's NLD received 83% of
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SEDITION THREAD: Major corporations and the mainstream media have made it very clear that objecting to a state's electoral votes is an act of sedition. Scores of companies have announced
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Today it is exactly one year since the general election, when 7 out of every 10 votes cast were meaningless.#DemandDemocracy #makeyourvoiceheard @makevotesmatterofficial Our country is now suffering the effects of
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What Did NBS do to help rig the Election?NBS just like the Electoral Commission were the only two bodies allowed to Tally the Previously concluded elections.This wasn't accidental basing on
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Why would Alito allow Pennsylvania until Dec 9 to respond?If SCOTUS declared the Pennsylvania election voided — and did so after the 8th but before the 14th, it would prevent
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1. The @gop has so many challenges right now. First, they need to work things out among themselves. Presently they are quarreling and have fences to mend. E.g.,https://www.nationalreview.com/news/cotton-rubio-condemn-republicans-who-opposed
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@RepGallagher (R-WI) on WTMJ radio just now, framing the "conservative" case against trying to reject Biden's Electoral College victory: “From a conservative perspective, the idea that Congress gets to overturn
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