Local Elections

[Zealot]

I am now more informed than at least 50% of major candidates for NY governor.

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[Fiye]

Cuomo supposedly gonna issue a ban on plastic bags in the state of New York.

Chasing the coat tails of Nixon. Probably gonna be anti nuclear as well.

[Zetanio]

You'd think there was already a ban(jihad) on them in my neighborhood. You get fucking deathstares from ultrahip 30something parents for not having a cloth grocery bag.

I love my neighborhood.

[Jaybar]

You'd think there was already a ban(jihad) on them in my neighborhood. You get fucking deathstares from ultrahip 30something parents for not having a cloth grocery bag.

I love my neighborhood.

It's the one tax in Chicago no one really cares about (and probably the most successful). But holy shit if you start taxing a penny per ounce on sugary drinks the people riot.

[Melena]

Cuomo supposedly gonna issue a ban on plastic bags in the state of New York.

Chasing the coat tails of Nixon. Probably gonna be anti nuclear as well.

Already banned in California. I will say the shoulders on the freeways already look a lot cleaner with them gone.

[synistar]

Yea plastic bags are gone. And it's a 10 cent fee per paper bag at the grocers. Already used to packing my larger durable bags that won't break. Good for 1 trip from car to home.

[Fiye]

[arus2001]

Not a New Yorker, but Trump's bullshit has me A-OK with that move.

[Fiye]

Not a New Yorker, but Trump's bullshit has me A-OK with that move.

But its strictly for the democratic nomination for governor afaik.

[6souls]

https://blogs.mprnews.org/capitol-vi...-pick-a-party/
https://mn.gov/admin/assets/SR42_45%...m36-338360.pdf

Presidential primares will come back to MN in 2020, but with a stipulation, all voters must declare a party preference.

[BaneTheBrawler]

so for those of us who don't know election mechanics well, what impact would that have?

[6souls]

so for those of us who don't know election mechanics well, what impact would that have?

From the article;

Proposed rules for Minnesota’s new presidential primary spell out how voters would have to attest to a party preference and be turned away from the polls if they don’t

Voters who want to cast a ballot in that year’s primaries would have to sign a polling place roster attesting that “I am in general agreement with the principles of the party for whose candidate I intent to vote, and I understand that my choice of a party’s ballot will be public information.”

County auditors would include the information about a voter’s party choice — though not the candidate whom they voted for — in the statewide voter registration system. That is a public record that can be obtained by political parties and others.

People who don’t want to sign such an attestation “must not be allowed to sign the polling place roster or cast a ballot,” the proposed rules state.

For voters who request an absentee ballot, there would be a place to indicate a party choice and they would sign the agreement of principles as part of their ballot oath. Voters who decline to do so will not be issued a ballot.

Basically, you don't declare, you don't have a voice in a candidate choice. If you do declare, you & your party decision will become public domain.

[BaneTheBrawler]

oooooh i missed that it was saying specifically primary elections, and thought this would apply to presidential election, and was very confused.

[6souls]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44127927
https://apnews.com/ee34f17d8b3b465cb87a6ecbc86080c3

A group called the Pennsylvania State Voter Program is using voter data to send out mailings to individuals to shame them over their voting record.

The information used in the letters comes from a public registry that costs $20 to access. This data is typically used by political parties for voter outreach.

"What if your friends, your neighbours, and your community knew whether you vote?" the letter asks.

At the bottom of the letter, a table shows the names, addresses and voting history from the November 2014, March 2016 and November 2016 elections for the addressee's friends and neighbours.

The note also stated that after the 15 May election, the group will mail an updated chart so that "you and your friends, your neighbours, and other people you know will all know who voted and who did not vote".

[Salodin]

This is how The Second Civil War starts lol

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[Dantrag]

Yeah, that seems legal...

[Fiye]

https://twitter.com/ShaneGoldmacher/...11008926339072

Cynthia Nixon might as well be governor.

[Qeomash]

Tea Partier and House Freedom Caucus founding member, Raul Labrador, has lost the GOP primary race for Idaho governor. He also did not run for his House seat again, so he's going to be out of a job.

[archibaldcrane]

https://twitter.com/dallasnews/statu...07121788309505

[archibaldcrane]

It's primary day again, in deep red territory - Texas, Arkansas, Georgia and Kentucky. A bunch of Republican-held house districts are choosing their Democratic challenger, including TX-07 where the DCCC infamously tried to torpedo Laura Moser by releasing a misleading opposition memo against her - and also good ol' GA-06, where Ossoff failed to win the special election so they're picking a new challenger to take on the new incumbent Karen Handel.

Also Governor's race primaries, most notably the Georgia race pitting two women named Stacey against each other for the Dem nomination. Georgia is probably the only state of the 4 with an outside shot of a Dem governor upset in November.

Full primer: https://www.vox.com/2018/5/22/173764...tucky-arkansas