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12 May, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Wow. This may be very close: the first big set of ballots counted (72K votes already) have Dunbar, the Democrat, up by a mere 114 votes (0.16%). Buckle up.
For a change, don’t wait up on my timeline for the result... as more ballots will be slow to come and it’s been a long couple of days. (But in the meantime, you can check out a preliminary recap of what’s brewing in Pennsylvania next week (!) at whatsontheballot.com)
No new ballots have been added to the count since the first set I tweeted about last night. So the wait continues.

Here’s another article with context on who the candidates are and why it matters: alaskapublic.org/2021/04/23/bro…
UPDATE: Bronson, this Republican candidate in Anchorage, has pulled ahead by 278 votes (0.36%).

This is the first update to the count since last night; more ballots remain.

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14 May
So many amazing stories, reporting, & explainers, in recent weeks by the amazing (& now-unionized!) staff of @theappeal.

I'm in awe of the amazing work so many of them do on, so here's a thread to just some of their recent content. (Follow along!)
1️⃣ @jerryiannelli wrote this dive into Lori Lightfoot's long record when it comes to policing in the wake of the police killing of 13-year old Adam Toledo. An essential piece for context on what's up in Chicago: theappeal.org/lori-lightfoot…
2️⃣ I also love this story from @jerryiannelli on the mayoral race in Anchorage, & the GOP candidate running a campaign against homeless people.

The runoff was just 2 days ago. Where else will you learn about these huge stakes of this mayoral election?!

theappeal.org/anchorages-ant…
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12 May
INBOX today: Organizers are launching a ballot initiative campaign in Mississippi to expand Medicaid through the ballot box in 2022.

An estimated 200,000+ people would become newly eligible for insurance.
This is coming on the heels of 5 states adopting similar referenda in 2018/2020, and while the GOP is blocking it in Missouri right now, that’s also benefited so many people — including 10% (!) of Idaho’s under-65 population:
.@fairnessproject has been a big part of these referendums.

A Mississippi initiative is hard for a bunch of reasons, though — I wrote about this actually in the context of voting rights in 2019: theappeal.org/politicalrepor…
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2 May
Polls are now closed, in much of Texas on CT. Follow along here as the results come in.
The San Antonio police union referendum? 50/50 in early results.

Austin’s *early voting* give a lead to Prop B, which would re-criminalize some activities tied to homelessness.

First results in #Tx06 have 4 candidates between 10% & 16%, so buckle up for a tight Top 2 race here.
Democrats are at risk of being shut out of the #TX06 runoff based on the results of early voting, which is far worse for them in it was in November.
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26 Apr
And it's time: The Census Bureau is about to announce, months late, how many congressional districts (& electoral votes) each state will have for the next decade.
WOW. Rhode Island will not lose a seat.

New York will "only" lose 1 seat.

Texas will gain two seats rather than the earlier-estimated 3.

Florida will gain one seat instead of the earlier-estimated 2.
HOW SEATS WILL SHIFT in the next decade:

+2 seats: TX
+1 seat: CO, FL, MT, NC, OR.

-1 seat: CA, IL, MI, OH, PA, NY, WV
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15 Apr
Police *& prosecutors* openly lied about this shooting.

It's being exposed in this case. But how many thousands of people have convictions or are in prison because of tainted testimony & lies, and of prosecutors who are complicit or who look away?
Just last week, the Queens district attorney responded to the revelations of misconduct by her staff that led to a wrongful conviction for 24 years by... shrugging this away as isolated, and not ordering a review of other cases by the same people.
When the Westchester County DA received *recorded tapes* of police officers admitting they were framing people, he reacted by... continuing to rely on these same offiers' testimonies to send people to prison!

gothamist.com/news/mount-ver…
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14 Apr
Fairly devastating news from Mississippi.

MS sentences people to life without parole for a 3rd felony. 86 people are in prison for life over a drug conviction.

A bill that'd have retroactively reduced their sentence was *so* close to passing, but died in conference. #SB2795
The bill would have made the maximum sentence for a third felony enhancement 15 years, which is still a staggering number especially for a drug offense, but would have brought relief to many.
CORRECTION: SB2795 is another criminal justice bill. The bill I'm describing above, & which didn't pass, is #HB796.
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