SF Mayor Lurie proposes to quintuple the cost for paid #ballot initiative arguments in the voter book making it hard for grassroots voices to purchase the space. https://48hills.org/2026/06/lurie-wants-to-make-ballot-arguments-too-expensive-for-small-campaigns/?ref=newsletters.48hills.org
Lurie wants to make ballot arguments too expensive for small campaigns - 48 hills

EXCLUSIVE: Dramatic increase in fees would help big-money and undermine grassroots groups. It goes before the supes Wednesday.

48 hills
SF Mayor Lurie proposes to quintuple the cost for paid #ballot initiative arguments in the voter book making it hard for grassroots voices to purchase the space. https://48hills.org/2026/06/lurie-wants-to-make-ballot-arguments-too-expensive-for-small-campaigns/?ref=newsletters.48hills.org
Lurie wants to make ballot arguments too expensive for small campaigns - 48 hills

EXCLUSIVE: Dramatic increase in fees would help big-money and undermine grassroots groups. It goes before the supes Wednesday.

48 hills
Let's get real even though you'll think I am a loon. They don't need polls cuz they can confiscate #ballot boxes, but if I can crush a tank without touching it, who wins? #Telekinesis is on the way. #God always provides ways. Who knows if that one is anytime soon. I'm just talking out my ass, right?
https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/disabled-activists-appeal-to-mp-not-to-use-her-ballot-position-to-bring-assisted-dying-bill-back-to-parliament/. "Disabled #campaigners have appealed to an MP not to use her #success in the private members’ #bill #ballot to launch a new bid to #legalise #assisted #suicide. Not Dead Yet UK hand-delivered a #letter to the #constituency #office of #Labour MP Lauren Edwards on Saturday, asking her to take forward a bill on #palliative #care rather than one that would legalise assisted #dying." See: https://www.notdeadyetuk.org/.
Disabled activists appeal to MP not to use her ballot position to bring assisted dying bill back to parliament

Disabled campaigners have appealed to an MP not to use her success in the private members’ bill ballot to launch a new bid to legalise assisted suicide. Not Dead Yet UK hand-delivered a letter to t…

Disability News Service

In California, three days after you vote, you receive an email from the secretary of state that says: “We have received your ballot.” If you do NOT get the email, you can notify election officials who will do an investigation. If you DO get the email, but you did NOT vote, then someone is using your identity, and again you can notify the election officials. Of course, your signature on the ballot is matched against the signature on file. I think, honestly, this is better security than many banks have.

#California #ballot #election

" In an interview with CNN, Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, a Democrat whose state is part of the coalition that filed a legal challenge in Boston, said that if courts rule for the Trump administration, 'Then you will see a virtual elimination of mail-in voting, unless the states supply voter lists to the federal government.' "

https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/10/politics/postal-service-deliver-mail-in-ballots
#MidTerms #Vote #Fascism #Suppression #USPS #Ballot

Postal Service won’t deliver mail ballots for states that don’t hand over voter lists, under plan for Trump directive

State election officials could soon face a stark choice: hand over voter lists to the Trump administration or risk losing Postal Service delivery for mail-in ballots.

CNN
A spox for the county registrar-recorder said “our office was notified late yesterday that the US Attorney’s Office would send an Asst #USAttorney to the #Ballot Processing Center to observe ballot processing activities.”
“The individual arrived this morning, was provided an overview of the public observation program, & participated in a walkthrough of the ballot processing operations,” the spox, said, noting that ballot processing is open to public observation.
#law #Trump #ElectionInterference
Most of the time, my #issues do not appear on the #ballot, decades pass, and nothing #changes.
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Blue states like Massachusetts need to be part of the solution.

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I guess it's time to #vote. I'll start at the top of the ballot. The most important thing for governor of #California right now is resisting Trump's attempts to destroy California. There is only one candidate on the #ballot with a strong record of resisting Trump with real action, having filed dozens of lawsuits against Trump in Trump's first term, and that's Xavier Becerra. Now for downballot... #elections