MikAustralia
Housing crisis, energy crisis, cost of living crisis and not a submarine in sight.
Scooter 
So my local Board of Elections was kind enough to send me a postcard informing me that there were no non-partisan elections coming up next month for the primary, and therefore I wouldn't need to come to the polls, as I can't vote in them.
In other words, I'm in a closed primary state, where only the Democrats vote for their ilk, the Fasc^H^H^H^HRepublicans vote for theirs, and the winners of each go on to meet each other in the General in November. In other words, the playoffs, but for politics.
Which is how it should be, really, if parties are to mean anything. Of course, I do not vote like seemingly everyone else around me votes - they treat it like it's Survivor, apparently - so several states have, to my feelings, weirder ways of doing it. As an example, I think California has something called the "jungle primary" where literally everyone gets on the same ballot and they take the top two for a runoff, which is so mindbogglingly stupid that the person responsible should be beaten with a stick.
Of course, I also know about election methods, and wish that we could have Mixed Member Proportional for the legislature and maybe a Condorcet for single member seats (I'd accept AV or STV), but I'm in such a vanishingly small minority in that respect - as I discovered during my political career - that I soon realized that staying quiet about things was for the best. (I'm certainly not going to join up with the Republican or Democratic Parties for what should be obvious reasons.)
Side note: There's also Delegative, or "Liquid" Democracy, which I really find innovative, and we have the technology to pull it off, but again, we'd need to come to some sort of understanding about what #democracy is actually designed to do, and considering we're still having the "debate" about the Electoral Fucking College, I have no illusions of anything guided by a modicum of reason penetrating into the public consciousness in the foreseeable future.
#uspol #USElections #PrimaryElections #VotingMethods #cynicism #blathering #OldManYellsAtCloud
In other words, I'm in a closed primary state, where only the Democrats vote for their ilk, the Fasc^H^H^H^HRepublicans vote for theirs, and the winners of each go on to meet each other in the General in November. In other words, the playoffs, but for politics.
Which is how it should be, really, if parties are to mean anything. Of course, I do not vote like seemingly everyone else around me votes - they treat it like it's Survivor, apparently - so several states have, to my feelings, weirder ways of doing it. As an example, I think California has something called the "jungle primary" where literally everyone gets on the same ballot and they take the top two for a runoff, which is so mindbogglingly stupid that the person responsible should be beaten with a stick.
Of course, I also know about election methods, and wish that we could have Mixed Member Proportional for the legislature and maybe a Condorcet for single member seats (I'd accept AV or STV), but I'm in such a vanishingly small minority in that respect - as I discovered during my political career - that I soon realized that staying quiet about things was for the best. (I'm certainly not going to join up with the Republican or Democratic Parties for what should be obvious reasons.)
Side note: There's also Delegative, or "Liquid" Democracy, which I really find innovative, and we have the technology to pull it off, but again, we'd need to come to some sort of understanding about what #democracy is actually designed to do, and considering we're still having the "debate" about the Electoral Fucking College, I have no illusions of anything guided by a modicum of reason penetrating into the public consciousness in the foreseeable future.
#uspol #USElections #PrimaryElections #VotingMethods #cynicism #blathering #OldManYellsAtCloud
Janne M. KorhonenKekkonen was a patriot - but a ruthless opportunist first and foremost.
The period was nearly fatal to Finnish #democracy. The "Eastern card" was used to silence opposition to *Kekkonen* & his cronies, and from 1958 to the end of the #USSR, Finnish governments served at the pleasure of the Kremlin.
Max-Planck-GesellschaftUpholding Academic Freedom is essential to ensure Europe's competitiveness and democratic resilience. Joint Statement of the G6 network of research organisations ➡️ https://www.mpg.de/26487869/g6-statement-on-academic-freedom.pdf [PDF]
#Democracy #AcademicFreedom #Research f.e. w/th
@helmholtz @leibnizgemeinschaft
@maxplanckgesellschaft @cnrs
CivitasLibertasGlobalis
Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)Campaigners threaten legal action over Britain’s NHS deal with Donald Trump https://www.politico.eu/article/legal-action-nhs-drug-pricing-deal-donald-trump/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Accountability #Parliament #Regulation #HealthCare #Companies #Democracy #Medicines #Advocacy #Patients #Services #Markets #Produce #Tariffs #TradeUK #Courts #Trade
joe•iuculano 
#VotingRights attorney #MarcElias warned on an episode of "#DemocracyWatch" podcast, co-hosted by #BrianTylerCohen, that Trump's recent claim he will "do anything necessary to make sure we have honest #elections" should b a hair-raising alarm for anyone concerned about #democracy. Not only does it signal #Trump will challenge the #MidtermElection results if #Republicans suffer losses, but it also reveals that #Democrats need a new strategy to counter Trump, Elias argued
Trump's midterm claim a 'five-alarm fire' — and a blunt reality check for Dems: expert
President Donald Trump appears to have set a "five-alarm fire" ahead of the upcoming midterm election, and it ought to give Democrats the reality check they need, according to one expert. Marc Elias, a voting rights attorney, warned on a new episode of the "Democracy Watch" podcast, co-hosted by Bri...
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@farbel it's not trump, but american electors: it's #democracy.
And lots of American was worried by extrem left positions
And lots of American was worried by extrem left positions
%%sitename%% [Unofficial]The Human Cost of Distant Wars: How the Middle East Conflict is Crushing Bangladesh’s Economy
beSpacific#DOJ issued formal #legal justification for federal govt's demands that states share their #unredacted #voter rolls even though 1/2 a dozen federal #courts have already ruled that states have no obligation 2 provide those lists. May 12 opinion from DOJ's Office of Legal Counsel demands that they hand over lists including sensitive information such as voters' partial #socialsecurity numbers& #driverslicense numbers. https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-justice-department-drafts-legal-opinion-backing-demands-state-voter-rolls-2026-05-13/ #democracy #votingrights #trump #politics #elections