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Thread: The Electoral College: Thwarting Direct Democracy and Enabling Minority Tyranny 🗳️⚖️
1️⃣Let's talk about the Electoral College and how it impacts our democracy. 🇺🇸 #ElectoralCollege #DirectDemocracy #MinorityTyranny
1️⃣Let's talk about the Electoral College and how it impacts our democracy. 🇺🇸 #ElectoralCollege #DirectDemocracy #MinorityTyranny
2️⃣ The Electoral College is an outdated system that distorts the principle of "one person, one vote." 🙅♂️🗳️ It gives disproportionate power to states with smaller populations, diminishing the voice of the majority. #OnePersonOneVote #RepresentationMatters
3️⃣ Under the Electoral College, candidates focus on swing states while largely ignoring others. This means that citizens in non-battleground states often feel neglected and their concerns overlooked. 🗺️⚖️ #SwingStates #NeglectedVoices
👋Your Twitter Aunty is here to nag you again.
We need to talk.
Reality check.
Here's the situation:
1⃣ There are 50k #PostalVoters for #GE15, compared to 8k for GE14. That's as big as the Putrajaya constituency.
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We need to talk.
Reality check.
Here's the situation:
1⃣ There are 50k #PostalVoters for #GE15, compared to 8k for GE14. That's as big as the Putrajaya constituency.
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2⃣ The Global Bersih team are VOLUNTEERS, who are taking time off from day jobs and family commitments to work together and with other organisations to achieve ONE GOAL: To ensure all #OverseasMalaysians who are #PostalVoters get their votes counted. #EveryVoteCounts 🧵👇
3⃣This means
- Guiding you on filling out Borang 2 correctly & packing your ballots for hand delivery
- Working with Global Malaysian Network, who are managing volunteer city coordinators, witnesses & flyers to get your votes to Malaysia
- Constantly fact-checking with SPR 🧵
- Guiding you on filling out Borang 2 correctly & packing your ballots for hand delivery
- Working with Global Malaysian Network, who are managing volunteer city coordinators, witnesses & flyers to get your votes to Malaysia
- Constantly fact-checking with SPR 🧵
Starting now: a discussion of how ballots will be counted, what steps are being taken to make sure all votes are counted. Dr. Shirley Weber, Cal. Sec. of State, Derek Tisler of the Brennan Center are here. fb.watch/gB38Zx_vt8/ @derektisler @BrennanCenter @CASOSVote
Some voters are going to face challenges because of more requirements to prove identity, esp. in Georgia and Texas, says @derektisler #2022Vote #midterms #YourVoteCounts
States typically require two bi-partisan people to check ballots. It is slow. @derektisler
He set up his con months ago: Voter Mail Fraud. There has never been any evidence to support this. But it was his hill to die on. He railed against it. He implored his cult members to vote in person. He told the different GOP state legislatures around the country,
"Don't you DARE let them count mail in votes early!" even during a pandemic. He got his echo chamber anchors on Fox and OANN and talk radio to repeat his lies. He even prematurely forced a new Supreme Court Justice onto the court breaking all norms and decorum ...
that close to an election, and had his rubber stampers in the US Senate go along with it, like they did during impeachment when they wouldn't even call witnesses. All so he could hopefully use "his" Supreme Court (think about how terrifying that is) to invalidate those votes ...
Count Every Vote / Every Vote Counts: A Story About Commitment to Fairness and Democracy
This is a story about my friend @LongoriaTx, Harris County's new Elections Administrator, & her runoff election in 2019 for Houston City Council against the incumbent.
This is a story about my friend @LongoriaTx, Harris County's new Elections Administrator, & her runoff election in 2019 for Houston City Council against the incumbent.
Runoff election night, as we watch returns, the race tightens. At the evening's end, Longoria is losing by 12 votes to the incumbent council member. It's time for provisional ballots to be reviewed and cured if possible. We don't know which way those ballots will break.
After much 'that's not how we do it usually, but okay if you wanna,' Longoria & the incumbent's campaigns get a list of 558 names of people who voted provisionally. The list is lacking in key info, like which "John Smith" in District H is the one who voted a provisional ballot.
DO NOT FREAK OUT!
Tonight is exactly as those of us in political land expected. It's a close race and we won't know the result until we #CountEveryVote
Americans have spoken in record numbers, the will of the people is being manifested. #DemocracyRising /1
Tonight is exactly as those of us in political land expected. It's a close race and we won't know the result until we #CountEveryVote
Americans have spoken in record numbers, the will of the people is being manifested. #DemocracyRising /1
Joe Biden is projected to win in Arizona - flipping the state for the first time since 1996. Yay!
Election officials across the country have planned for all of this and are working to make sure every vote is counted so we can get definitive results. #EveryVoteCounts /2
Election officials across the country have planned for all of this and are working to make sure every vote is counted so we can get definitive results. #EveryVoteCounts /2
In PA and MI, where Democrats cast more absentee ballots due to COVID, vote counting could take several days. Fulton County, Georgia had a pipe burst in a facility and will be delayed a few days. Situations happen. That's not unusual. Votes will be counted. /3
Voter suppression is real, and it’s happening right now in Reading, PA. It looks like long lines, failure to provide interpreters, and racism against Reading’s Latinx voters. THREAD⤵️
Our teams have been at 100+ polls across PA to make sure Black, Latinx, and working class folks are able to vote safely, and our partners at @joytothepolls @danzanes brought music and joy to the lines. But no one should have to wait hours or be discriminated against when voting.
@JoyToThePolls @danzanes Reporter @ddguttenplan spoke to the judge of elections, who said “the Spanish people with all their names” are causing long lines and delays. Fact check: Language access is a right, and every registered voter has the right to cast a ballot without intimidation or discrimination.
Even in the midst of a global pandemic, CA voters are casting ballots in record numbers.
Millions have already voted like their rights depend on it, and we will be ready for whatever Election Day brings.
Here are three tips to keep in mind as we look ahead to Election Day:
Millions have already voted like their rights depend on it, and we will be ready for whatever Election Day brings.
Here are three tips to keep in mind as we look ahead to Election Day:
1.) Every vote counts, so make sure you and everyone in your community has their ballot returned on time. Tomorrow, Tuesday 11/3 is the last day to return ballots.
You can safely return your ballot in-person...
You can safely return your ballot in-person...
...to a voting location, drop it into an official drop box, or by mail, so long as it is postmarked on or before Election Day.
If you have returned your ballot, you can track your ballot at ca.ballottrax.net to make sure it was received and counted.
If you have returned your ballot, you can track your ballot at ca.ballottrax.net to make sure it was received and counted.
I registered to vote & made sure my absentee ballot would be sent to me.
I made sure both my sons did the same.
I filled out & mailed my ballot. Made sure both sons did the same.
I checked religiously to make sure my ballot was received & counted. It wasn’t....
I made sure both my sons did the same.
I filled out & mailed my ballot. Made sure both sons did the same.
I checked religiously to make sure my ballot was received & counted. It wasn’t....
...So i tweeted my Supervisor of Elections in the county where i vote & she gave me an email address and a phone # who to contact for a backup ballot.
Emailed and they released a new ballot. 3 days later it still hadn’t arrived so checked & found out it had been emailed to...
Emailed and they released a new ballot. 3 days later it still hadn’t arrived so checked & found out it had been emailed to...
...an old email address. So I emailed again and asked them to release another ballot to my current email address. I received it, filled it out, and FAXED it in (they won’t process a ballot sent by email).
It was received !
Our votes must be counted! Every vote must...
It was received !
Our votes must be counted! Every vote must...
@DemsAbroad teams are making 1000s of calls a day to help voters votefromabroad.org We're determined to help @FlaDems flip Florida blue this November!!
@demsabroad voter help teams are answering 1000+ questions a day through our online chat system and our zoom rooms. Any questions? Get in touch democratsabroad.org/global_voter_a…!
@demsabroad voter protection lawyers are working with states to make sure overseas voter issues are understood AND resolved. #EveryVoteCounts
Now that BJP has also joined in (again) in the chorus against EVMs, it is time for another electoral integrity thread.
In my mind, broadly, election process integrity can be modelled as four levels of guarantee.
In my mind, broadly, election process integrity can be modelled as four levels of guarantee.
Level - 1. There is no conclusive proof that any given election has been rigged.
Level - 2. There is reasonable consensus among technical experts that the process is not riggable in any one candidate or party's favour or produce arbitrary results : with the technological and other tools available as of *today*.
🔁#Election2020 Nov 3.
Support to Retake US Senate!, & @DemsWork4USA
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#DemSenate2020 #KeepItBlue #FlipItBlue #WinBlue
#ForThePeople #Healthcare #MiddleClass #BlueCollar #Ω
#USSenate #EST #CST #MST #PST
#DemsWork4USA
Support to Retake US Senate!, & @DemsWork4USA
ReElect👉actblue.com/donate/demsena…
Add👉actblue.com/donate/demsena…
#DemSenate2020 #KeepItBlue #FlipItBlue #WinBlue
#ForThePeople #Healthcare #MiddleClass #BlueCollar #Ω
#USSenate #EST #CST #MST #PST
#DemsWork4USA
#Election2020 #Election2019
Info, by state
Voter Id: voteriders.org/voter-id-info-…
🎓campusvoteproject.org/studentguides/
Check your Voter Regn Status. Register to vote, All voting info:
Vote.Org
IWillVote.com
Issues? DNC Hotline: 833-336-VOTE
#WinBlue #DemsWork4USA
Info, by state
Voter Id: voteriders.org/voter-id-info-…
🎓campusvoteproject.org/studentguides/
Check your Voter Regn Status. Register to vote, All voting info:
Vote.Org
IWillVote.com
Issues? DNC Hotline: 833-336-VOTE
#WinBlue #DemsWork4USA
🔁#GOTV #GeauxVote #Vota
Report any issue at the polls to:
ACLU's Hotline: 1-866-OUR-VOTE.
DNC's Hotline: 1-833-336-VOTE.
#YouMatter #ElectionsMatter #SuVotoYQue #Ω
#PrimaryElection #PrimaryElections #GeneralElection
#Tuesday #TuesdayThoughts
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Report any issue at the polls to:
ACLU's Hotline: 1-866-OUR-VOTE.
DNC's Hotline: 1-833-336-VOTE.
#YouMatter #ElectionsMatter #SuVotoYQue #Ω
#PrimaryElection #PrimaryElections #GeneralElection
#Tuesday #TuesdayThoughts
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Don't let #polls determine whether or not you vote. Don't assume a victory or a loss based on current polling. Why? Because they are inherently flawed, and not truly reflective of a whole group of people of any sort. (more)
2/ Polls have two major aspects: Sample and Methodology. These are the parameters that define how the poll is taken and how accurately it reflects a population.
3/ Let's start with sample, also called sample size. It tells you how many people are polled to get the results. Most of the big polls you see in the news have a sample size somewhere around a thousand. This works for the pollsters, because it's a manageable
Hey #INDIANA! You're one of the Lucky 4 States with early #Primaries.
VOTE MAY 8, 2018
Register by April 9 here: in.gov/sos/elections/…
Or Text "Indiana" to 2VOTE (28683)
Start #BlueWave2018
Here's a THREAD of All Democratic Candidates #BlueWaveIN
in All Districts
with Websites
VOTE MAY 8, 2018
Register by April 9 here: in.gov/sos/elections/…
Or Text "Indiana" to 2VOTE (28683)
Start #BlueWave2018
Here's a THREAD of All Democratic Candidates #BlueWaveIN
in All Districts
with Websites
INDIANA PRIMARIES #IN01 #IN02 #IN03 #IN04 #IN05 #IN06 #IN07 #IN08 #IN09
PRIMARY VOTE MAY 8, 2018
THREAD of All (*that I could locate)
Democratic Candidates including Websites
Voter Registration Deadline Apr 9, 2018
Register here: in.gov/sos/elections/…
#BlueWave2018 #BlueWaveIN
PRIMARY VOTE MAY 8, 2018
THREAD of All (*that I could locate)
Democratic Candidates including Websites
Voter Registration Deadline Apr 9, 2018
Register here: in.gov/sos/elections/…
#BlueWave2018 #BlueWaveIN
ABSENTEE BALLOT from APRIL 10
Mail-in Deadline applications April 30, 2018
All registered voters are eligible to vote absentee-in-person from 28 days before Election
Application in-person & mail-in ballots here in.gov/sos/elections/…
Military? in.gov/sos/elections/…
Mail-in Deadline applications April 30, 2018
All registered voters are eligible to vote absentee-in-person from 28 days before Election
Application in-person & mail-in ballots here in.gov/sos/elections/…
Military? in.gov/sos/elections/…
