A lot of people are talking about these races as if they're big defeats for progressives, but the truth is that they just show voter suppression works. Tackling voter suppression and...
A lot of people are talking about these races as if they're big defeats for progressives, but the truth is that they just show voter suppression works. Tackling voter suppression and gerrymandering need to become top priorities, otherwise every other battle will be fought up hill.
There are multiple other races where the outcome isn't totally certain yet as well, including Georgia's governer where Kemp has declared victory (and stepped down as Secretary of State), but...
As a resident of one of those Florida counties that hasn't yet finished tabulating ballots, I can say that democracy here is still in alpha testing and every election iteration finds exciting new...
As a resident of one of those Florida counties that hasn't yet finished tabulating ballots, I can say that democracy here is still in alpha testing and every election iteration finds exciting new bugs.
I voted absentee about three weeks ago due to expected work travel, and discovered today that my ballot, along with 70,000 others, is on a truck somewhere, waiting to be counted - they've got until 1:00 p.m. Saturday.
There are widespread reports of problems with counting absentee ballots, provisional ballots, and overseas military votes - Florida is still very much in play.
It's hard not to be suspicious about so many "evenly split" races.
It looks like there are some oddities with a significant number of people not voting for the Senate race too (but voting for Governor), which may have been caused by the ballot design or...
It looks like there are some oddities with a significant number of people not voting for the Senate race too (but voting for Governor), which may have been caused by the ballot design or potentially a voting-machine reading error. Some more info in this article and the tweets linked from it: http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/11/marco-rubio-opposes-recount-in-florida-senate-race.html
A lot of people are talking about these races as if they're big defeats for progressives, but the truth is that they just show voter suppression works. Tackling voter suppression and gerrymandering need to become top priorities, otherwise every other battle will be fought up hill.
There are multiple other races where the outcome isn't totally certain yet as well, including Georgia's governer where Kemp has declared victory (and stepped down as Secretary of State), but Abrams is still pushing to get absentee/provisional ballots counted, which she believes may push it into a runoff.
NPR has a list here: It's Not Over: Days After Election, These Races Are Still Undecided
As a resident of one of those Florida counties that hasn't yet finished tabulating ballots, I can say that democracy here is still in alpha testing and every election iteration finds exciting new bugs.
I voted absentee about three weeks ago due to expected work travel, and discovered today that my ballot, along with 70,000 others, is on a truck somewhere, waiting to be counted - they've got until 1:00 p.m. Saturday.
There are widespread reports of problems with counting absentee ballots, provisional ballots, and overseas military votes - Florida is still very much in play.
It's hard not to be suspicious about so many "evenly split" races.
It looks like there are some oddities with a significant number of people not voting for the Senate race too (but voting for Governor), which may have been caused by the ballot design or potentially a voting-machine reading error. Some more info in this article and the tweets linked from it: http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/11/marco-rubio-opposes-recount-in-florida-senate-race.html
Saw that - as I said, it's difficult to avoid cultivating paranoia about those perennially recurring, suspiciously even, and narrow party vote splits.