So I read that turnout among Republicans in early voting has been very high. I don't know what I'll do if the Dems don't take the House. I am not sure I can guarantee my continued sanity.

Barack Obama: Live on CBSN out in Wisconsin (Oct 26th 2018)
 

The live broadcast on CBS just ended, but what an powerful call to VOTE!


So much at stake out in Wisconsin, as is in every single state of the US.



*** Bump Bump Bump! ****

I did early in person voting today. I always vote in person and usually on actual election day. It's a ritual or a tradition. I do not trust mail in ballots anyway.

But I got a robocall which mentioned early voting. I googled to find out where and headed out.

It felt good to do something after such a horrible hate-filled week. I truly believe Trump's racism gives these people confidence to act.

I hope folk in the USA won't mind me posting a link to today's XKCD webcomic, which is relevant: https://xkcd.com/2067/

(For those that aren't aware, the creator of XKCD, Randall Munroe, is an awesomely intelligent person with a great (and eclectic) sense of humour - and a great sense of social responsibility. Because some of his cartoons contain stuff that's obscure, fans created "Explain XKCD" - todays can be found here: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/ind...7:_Challengers)

I love early voting! Walked in, helped right away, voted and out in about 7 minutes.

I don't live in TX, so I can't vote for him. I love this!

https://www.facebook.com/texansforbe...8485054319900/

Texas f'ing blows when it come to anything but in person voting. I've friends all over the country who vote early and/or by mail. Texans can't vote by mail unless one of the following applies...

• be 65 years or older;
• be disabled;
• be out of the county on election day and during the period for early voting by personal appearance; or
• be confined in jail, but otherwise eligible.

Oh yeah... Beto's killin' it! I've never seen anyone work so hard to get elected! Dude's been going nonstop for days... weeks... months!

Rene and I walked with Rollie the Big Dog today to deliver our completed and sealed voter ballots to our neighborhood polling place.

Thinking of wearing my I Voted sticker to work on Monday.

Voted!!!!!!!!!

I voted.

Just had to be super careful since the news story about the voting deals changing votes if you vote a straight ticket.

I do mine individually.

Down to the wire and we have been phone banking and canvassing here like crazy. Below is a link that some may find interesting that keeps the poll information up to date. Some of these are neck and neck. Get out and vote!!

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com...aXhVQfpY7aKjtk

Find your poling place
 

Need help with voting? Can’t find where to vote? Get answers here:

https://www.nass.org/can-i-vote

https://www.nass.org/can-i-vote/find-your-polling-place

Watching CNN. There look to be long lines at some voting places!!

East coasters, ignore the rain. You won't melt.

Voted :)

Now available at work to drive folks to their voting places throughout the day.

I had an unexpected day off today so after I voted this morning I headed over to the campaign headquarters for a really good Dem candidate who is vying to unseat a really bad Republican incumbent in the NY State Senate. I was impressed with the diversity of the HUGE volunteer army filing in and out of his headquarters. I phone banked a bit, but DAMN this bronchitis is pernicious. It was all I could do to keep from hacking up a lung. I didn't want to try canvassing in the rain, either. I made myself useful driving people around instead. It was awesome. I'm reasonably certain the post-election gathering I opted not to attend will turn into a victory party any minute now, but my energy was flagging and I've had more than my fill of humans for the day. I'm getting cozy at home and watching the newsfeed.

We should make it easier, but unless you are truly sick or out of town, I can't imagine why you'd risk it. 75000 votes invalidated in Florida, and the Senate race may come down to the difference of a few thousand. I think it's a massive mistake to vote absentee. It allows another person to lay hands on your ballot.

I feel the same way. At this point we're so polarized that I suspect too many election officials would play games with my vote and not think twice about it.

Vote
 

My gut is in knots where is the blue wave? I did my part. Ugh

Democrats got the house!

Something to think about.
 

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right now TRUMP is giving a news conference about the mid's election ~ OMG he's a Bafoon !

Oh happy day!!


:koolaid:

I've been avoiding the news this morning … guess it's 'bout time I get caught up. :praying:

During the next two years...
 

Going forward, now that Democrats occupy the US House, I think voters need to capitalize on that hard won battle by making in-roads on core values which espouse the tenets and values of an democracy that will not tolerate white nationalism or the blatant othering of those who do not support an white nationalist agenda.

Scary stuff given air-play during the moments that led up to the Mid-Term Election of 2018, was the political ad showing an GOP official indoctrinating their brand of warped power, by teaching their young child how to build a wall, is an frightening example of how hatred becomes an intergenerational issue when it's inculcated into those who will help them keep their so-called vision of warped power.


During the interim of the next two years, lots of work is to be achieved in rectifying US Democracy by ousting and eradicating cancerous forms of this cultural mindset from the governing bodies in our present system of Democracy and the greater American populace.

There's so much one can unpack from the video. :blink: Just a couple of bits...

I'm happy that we got the house … but … that victory could be a double edged sword. Trump is lil more than an animal that acts primarily on the instinct to survive. Dems in the House could have him feeling even more trapped … deeper in a corner... so who knows WTF this animal could do next to survive.

The mistake made wasn't that people didn't take Trump seriously as a candidate. The mistake made was not realizing how many Americans took him seriously as a candidate.

Sessions just resigned at Trump's request.

Few nights ago Rachel Maddow ran down a pretty jacked up scenario of what could happen if Sessions resigned or was booted. This is likely reaction #1 to Trump losing the house … which leads in the long run... to getting rid of Mueller.

House committees have subpoena power, and they could sponsor an investigation that could duplicate all the evidence found by Mueller. I'd trust Maxine to go the distance, but I am not sure about the rest. According to Trump, he had a warm meeting with Nancy Pelosi today. Fuck their fucking warm meeting. Fuck Pelosi and the mainstream Dems if they are going to roll over as usual.

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Our elections in OZ,are always Sat from 8AM-6pm and you can vote at most public schools, we dont have machines only paper and hand counted,although lines have gotten longer over time,but could be the population has doubled.

WE have preference voting as well,so I can vote Socialist Alliance,if we run a candidate and our preferences go, to the Labor Party"our dems"

funny enough our conservatives,are the Liberal party,which means something totally opposite in the US.

so if you said to me are you a liberal,I would be,"are you nuts":)

Partner and I had moved within the county. I called the Board of Elections. They told to just go to the poll in our new town and every thing would be be okay and as though we were voting where we were originally registered.

Well, t'aint so. We were sent to the last table, had to sign affidavits. After which we were given absentee ballots. I argued to no avail, and left feeling as though our votes wouldn't count and we just wasted our time and money going to the polls this year(we paid 12 dollars rt...a chunk on disability)