Politics Nov. 2022 voting and election news

I haven't seen anyone saying Lake has lost (and they've only supposedly counted 70% and I've read the areas lagging in reporting are her strongholds). And latest report I have seen on Boebert is that she is 64 votes short.

I ain't celebrating shit, yet.

 

Boebert has 99% counted and 76 votes separates them. That one will be going to a recount.

 

Fear of death is a powerful motivation...

 

Sounds like something a corrupt politician would say.

 

If minorities are afraid to vote that plays a big role.

 

When Republicans are attacking individual rights, yeah.

 

Exactly. Except, as I said earlier, I see it's only separated by 64 votes (156,746 versus 156,682). Probably multiple recounts.

I am glad that both the AG and SOS of CO are Dems...

 

Black market. If it's easier to be a criminal more law abiding citizens will do it.

 

Prevents hearing damage.

 

My "suppressor" just tries to control and suppress me everyday.... I guess one could argue she actually has given me hearing damage.

 

Societies around the world work perfectly well with guns as well.

This law is going to be challenged all the way to the supreme court and ruled as unconstitutional. It's going to be a huge waste of money and time suck for our public employees who are already stretched thin.

There is literally nothing good or productive about this law.

 

We've had more restrictions in Oregon for 5+ years... It hasn't gone well...

So has California and Washington. Very similar results.

 

So do ear muffs.

 

Democrats did in Michigan and Colorado what Republicans did in Florida, with less publicity.

Michigan governor had been personally attacked by Trump, armed men marched in front of her house, even a kidnap plot. Not only did she win re-election, so did attorney general and secretary of state, all women. A nonpartisan redistricting committee set new districts that were representative, and Democrats won majority in both Chambers. Abortion rights padded with big margin.
In Colorado also won state offices and both houses. Oklahoma elected a female Democratic attorney general.
Listen to women.

 

What's taking Arizona (specifically, Maricopa County) so long to count votes?!? Shoot, Florida had over 7 million votes counted soon after the polls closed on election day!

I'm not gonna conspiracy theory this thing, but it does seem a bit odd that Hobbs is still the elections Chief.


https://time.com/6227705/katie-hobbs-role-election-chief-arizona-governors-race/

In Heated Arizona Governor's Race, Calls Grow for Democrat to Recuse Herself as Elections Chief

 

That has nothing to do with gerrymandering, it's just a big word that people like to throw around. What were the numbers, specifically of black voters (since that's what has been argued about here) casting a ballot in 2022 vs. 2020 or 2018?

 

That's what I'd like to know, as well.

 

I'm not quite certain what DeSantis' "biased moves" regarding the hurricane special measures were. From this article, it appears that the counties themselves requested the measures.

From NPR:

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an order Thursday extending early voting and mail ballot access for certain voters who were affected by Hurricane Ian ahead of elections this fall.

According to the governor's office, the order was done at the request of election officials in Charlotte, Lee and Sarasota counties, and the changes apply to residents of those counties, which were among the hardest hit by the deadly storm late last month.

State officials say supervisors of elections in those three counties have been reporting severe damage to polling locations, utility and telecommunications service disruptions, poll worker shortages and many displaced voters just weeks before Election Day. So far, no local officials in Florida have reported any damage to voting equipment.

In a statement, Florida Secretary of State Cord Byrd said his office has been in touch with local officials to "to ensure that the 2022 General Election is administered as efficiently and securely as possible" in counties that received the most damage from Hurricane Ian.

"Florida will continue to lead the way in elections administration in 2022," Byrd said. "And I am grateful for and confident that our local elections officials will have all of the resources and support they need to run another successful election."

 

But it had a lot to do with the races in Florida