One way you can help fight for democracy? Be a poll worker! https://t.co/Xb4bhzUUf6 pic.twitter.com/lQt8ynHqnZ
— Kaivan Shroff (@KaivanShroff) August 16, 2022
Signing up to be a poll worker is one of the most effective things you can do to help make sure our democracy works—and to push back against anyone who tries to spread confusion and chaos on Election Day. Learn more at https://t.co/yIThxIT1cQ.
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) August 16, 2022
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Shifts start tomorrow at 9 am EST to remind Georgians to request their absentee ballots.
Let’s keep @ReverendWarnock in the Senate and send @staceyabrams to the governor’s mansion.
— Data Bear, PhD 🏳️🌈🇺🇦 | Blue Georgia 🍑 (@dataandpolitics) August 23, 2022
TikTok to teach influencers about US mid-term election rules https://t.co/V8dpyeOSTt
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) August 17, 2022
The video platform has announced new steps to ensure influencers understand that paid political ads are prohibited.
Following 2020 US election the company admitted it needed to do more to ensure influencers followed its rules…
Over the coming weeks TikTok said it would publish educational content and host briefings with influencers and advertising agencies “so the rules of the road are abundantly clear when it comes to paid content around elections”.
It warned that if it discovered that political content was paid for and not properly disclosed, it would be “promptly removed from the platform”…
… TikTok’s actions go beyond paid content. All posts, whether paid for or not, must also not violate its policies.
Election misinformation, harassment – including that directed towards election workers – hateful behaviour, and violent extremism are all banned, TikTok says.
Content may also be fact-checked and the company is taking steps to limit the spread of posts while that process is under way…
TikTok also announced it will launch its election centre six weeks earlier than in 2020.
The election centre aims to provide voters with authoritative information and other resources.
And we can use TikTok legitimately!
Good morning, today is a great day to check your voter registration. Because Republicans are running a fear campaign fueled with lies and they’re gonna vote. pic.twitter.com/dlCY7Xsj6u
— ?? ?? I HONOR VETERANS (@veterans_i) August 15, 2022
The NBA will not schedule any games on Election Day, Nov. 8, this year in an effort to encourage fans, players and officials to vote, the league said on Tuesday. All 30 teams will play the night before as part of a “civic engagement night.” https://t.co/vBuxnWF8WT
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 16, 2022
as somebody that has registered a ton of voters and gotten a few republicans to vote democrat, you just have to get them to do it once. you just have to get a guy to vote across party one time and then he’ll do it again and again. it’s that first time that is the berlin wall.
— World Famous Art Thief (@CalmSporting) August 16, 2022
Martha and Snoop need you to know—if you have a felony, you can vote! Register now: https://t.co/UyTaSn7gFO pic.twitter.com/dSnaTKkYXt
— One Pennsylvania???? (@OnePennsylvania) August 15, 2022
(At least in some states… )
Another proposal?
Don’t ban felons from voting, require them to, in their home or release district (no prison gerrymandering). And not after their years of probation or lifetime of paying off fees. It’s part of civic responsibility and rehabilitation. Maybe some people wouldn’t like the results?
— Reality Winner (@reazlepuff) August 23, 2022
HumboldtBlue
In other election news, Laura Loomer is not handling losing an election in a landslide very well.
Omnes Omnibus
@HumboldtBlue: To be fair, does Ms Loomer handle anything well?
germy shoemangler
@HumboldtBlue:
“Until he collapses in disgrace”
hardcore!
She learned well from TFG. Luckily she has an army behind her, unlike him.
At least she says she has an army behind her. Maybe she really doesn’t.
eclare
Couldn’t that statement be considered a threat?
Drive him into the ground until he collapses? I don’t see any other way to interpret that.
guachi
Check out the official White House Twitter feed. It’s torching Republicans who criticize the student loan forgiveness by noting how much in PPP loans the member has had forgotten.
It’s glorious.
lowtechcyclist
Contra Ms. Winner, I don’t think anyone should be *required* to vote. But if we hold the House and get a few more Dem Senators, we should absolutely pass a law that everybody 18 or older gets to vote in elections for Federal office.
The states can keep felons from voting in state and local elections if they choose, but the Constitution gives Congress the power to legislate the rules for Federal elections.
eclare
@guachi: Is it a good campaign message to tell 43M Americans that they are lazy people who don’t deserve any help?
Ken
@eclare: Possibly, but she’s got a lock on the diminished mental capacity defense.
HumboldtBlue
@Omnes Omnibus:
Good point.
@germy shoemangler:
An army of gremlins, maybe. And is she related to that woman from Wyoming who defeated Cheney, and who looks as if bats fly out of her mouth, related?
Elsewhere:
Ken
@guachi: Oh! Oh! Using the White House for political purposes? My pearls! My fainting couch!
Jim, Foolish Literalist
all those thoughts that I never thought I’d think pre-trump era
today’s is: Go Martha Stewart!
JWR
@HumboldtBlue: Someone there Twittered: “Okay, Loomer.”
HumboldtBlue
@JWR:
Hah! Nice.
eclare
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: I remember seeing quite a few “Free Martha” t-shirts back in the day. I came to agree with them.
David 🌈☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch
SHOCKER! – Another Dump company goes broke
OzarkHillbilly
This is funny. I just got an email from Power the Polls.I was gonna share it in the morning thread but this is as good a time as any other.
Alison Rose 💙🌻💛
I was a polling place captain once during a primary in San Francisco. I will just say: It’s a great thing to do if you can do it, but be prepared for a long ass tiring annoying day. If you’re just a poll worker, it’s not quite as bad, though still a long day. But for me as the captain, I had to leave my apartment at 5:30 am to go to City Hall and pick up the ballots, so that I could be at the polling place by about 6 am so we could start setting the place up to open at 7 am. Polls close at 8 pm, but I had to stay to take everything down and pack it up, then wait for the precinct captain to come by and pick up the completed ballots, which was a little after 10 pm. I got home around 10:30. So it was about a 17-hour day.
I was a wee bit tired.
But I was glad I did it!
Alison Rose 💙🌻💛
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: She’s a bad-ass bitch and I want to be her friend.
OzarkHillbilly
@Alison Rose 💙🌻💛: I’ve been warned that my start time will be 5 am and go till sometime that evening. That’s ok, I still wake up at 3 am. The late hours might be harder for me but I’ll survive.
eclare
@Alison Rose 💙🌻💛: My mom volunteered once as a poll worker, and her hours were about the same as yours. I wonder if more people, especially retired older people, would volunteer if the day were split into two shifts.
My mom was retired and in her sixties when she did it, she never did it again.
HumboldtBlue
The modern GOP candidate is now a nasty, mean, condescending batshit man and a nasty, mean, batshit bugfuck crazy woman.
SiubhanDuinne
@HumboldtBlue:
Hmm. The Devil and Daniel Webster?
Suzanne
The older I get, the more Martha Stewart becomes a personal hero.
Baud
@HumboldtBlue:
Was it landslide? I thought it was relatively close?
Alison Rose 💙🌻💛
@eclare: Yeah, it would make sense to bring on extra volunteers, so one group could work the morning-early afternoon shit, and a second group the latter portion. By the time I got home, I was like…I am not leaving my apartment for three days. But I did actually have to go to work the next day, I just went in a little late, LOL
Baud
Snoop Is the one celebrity who has completely sold out and I don’t even care.
Edmund Dantes
@guachi: it’s literally doing the “this you” receipts thing.
Never thought I’d live to see the day.
Now stick to it and don’t apologize no matter how much the gop squeals.
cliosfanboy
Our 14 year old dachshund, Spud, is not doing well..He’s VERY unsteady on his feet and is having trouble walking. He’s already had multiple back operations and he’s too frail for another. We lost one of our other elderly weiner dogs, Brandy, just a month ago. Spud has a vet appointment tomorrow afternoon and it looks likely we’ll have to say goodbye. I can’t believe we have to go through this again already
FYI, Spud and Brandy are on a BJ calender. Their sister, Candy, who is doing well, is as well.
zhena gogolia
@cliosfanboy: I’m so sorry! Those are great doggie names.
eclare
@cliosfanboy: I am so sorry. Strength to you.
SiubhanDuinne
@Alison Rose 💙🌻💛:
I’ve never been a poll worker, but I’ve been a poll watcher many times. The hours are the same — you need to be at the polling location when the workers first set up (to check that all the machines are properly zeroed out), and stay until they close everything down (to make sure all the machine and paper numbers align) — and while you have a little bit more leeway in coming and going than the poll workers do, it’s still a very long-ass day. I only took my name off the list in 2020 because I no longer felt comfortable driving before sunup or after sundown.
Miss Bianca
@cliosfanboy: awww…. : (
SiubhanDuinne
@cliosfanboy:
Aw. Poor Spud, and poor you. It’s so hard.
HumboldtBlue
@Baud:
You’re correct, it was a close race, I got it confused with another.
Elsewhere: Why the hell are the GOP Senate candidates so fucking horrible?
@cliosfanboy:
Have some love from the Lost Coast. My lady friend dropped her 13-year-old Nancy at the vet this morning for surgery, and she was obviously shaken when she called me. It’s getting to be that time, and we will soon have to say goodbye as well.
And Jamie Foxx absolutely nails Donald Trump.
Baud
@cliosfanboy:
I’m sorry.
The Golux
@Alison Rose 💙🌻💛:
What a deplorable term to use for the voting public.
White & Gold Purgatorian
@eclare: It is a long day, but two shifts would certainly complicate the process. Here all the poll workers sign the voting machine tape before the polls open, attesting that the machine tally is zero. Then everyone signs the final machine print outs after the polls close, attesting to the final number of votes and showing the tallies for each race. Signed copies are provided for the board of elections, each political party and one is posted on the polling place door for the media. Also, all workers sign the seals on the boxes of ballots and other election materials. I’m not sure how that would be handled with two shifts. Would they need to stop at noon, print out one set of tallies, box up and seal those ballots, have everyone sign and start over for the next shift?
Being a poll worker is very rewarding and the big turnout elections are much more interesting than the ones where very few people vote. It is a long day but passes more quickly when you are busy.
OzarkHillbilly
@cliosfanboy: My sympathies. It’s never easy.
eclare
@White & Gold Purgatorian: How are you doing health wise? I think the last time I caught you in a thread you were in the hospital.
eclare
@HumboldtBlue: Awesome! Who is Harry O who couldn’t vote for him?
SiubhanDuinne
@HumboldtBlue:
That Jamie Fox clip is funny AF
Old School
@OzarkHillbilly: They don’t know your name is OzarkHillbilly?
Suzanne
@cliosfanboy: Hugs. It’s so hard.
OzarkHillbilly
@Old School: They are always getting me confused with the asshole who lives at the same address.
WereBear
We showed up for the Democratic primary in NY-21 on Tuesday, and our choice, Pastorelli, will be going after Elise Stefanik this season. As he has promised.
We are already seeing yard signs that are calling out Stefanik for NOT voting for the PACT Act. And she always makes such a fuss over “supporting veterans” and was already vulnerable there from her stinkin’ past…
But the poll workers were thrilled with us, because NY has updated the whole system for them, and we had three issues, one of which they hadn’t addressed yet. So we earned our sticker.
HumboldtBlue
@SiubhanDuinne:
He’s a genius. I met him through a mutual friend back in ’95, and he’s such a wonderful person.
@eclare:
Harry “Harry-O” Harris, the man who founded Death Row records, one of the original hugely successful hip hop labels.
Anyway
I signed up to be a poll worker in the 2020 cycle — figured many of the regulars (older pop) would be hesitant to come out as this was pre-vaccine. Yeah it was a long day — we all started and ended the shift together (captain didn’t have to work late). I was so psyched about beating the Orange Menace that the long day didn’t faze me. I had to take time off from work (both primary and general) to do it and that annoyed me a little.
I am doing it again this year — Lets go Ds!
eclare
@HumboldtBlue: Thanks! Heard of Suge, but not Harry O.
OzarkHillbilly
JWR
ABC Evening News reporting that there’s a big problem with the RU occupied nuclear plant in Ukraine. Lots of smoke, power completely shut off, at least for a short while. Looks pretty bad to me.
HumboldtBlue
@eclare:
Harry O gave Suge the $1.5 million to kick the label off.
Elsewhere:
eclare
@OzarkHillbilly: Awesome! And yeah, who is this Thomas dude?
NeenerNeener
@cliosfanboy: I used to have a cairn terrier named Spud. He made it to the ripe old age of 18 1/2. I miss him; he made a lot of trips between NY and Ohio with me.
Baud
@OzarkHillbilly:
I hope we prevail, but if we don’t, at least we’re going down swinging.
eclare
@HumboldtBlue: Gotcha. Thanks!
H.E.Wolf
I’ve never been a poll worker, but it sounds fascinating. 17-hour days, though, are a bit daunting. How are snacks and meals handled on such a long shift?
As my contribution to a Blue wave in 2022, I’m doing data entry: updating a statewide list of volunteers who have changed locations in the months/years since they signed up. The list is gigantic, so I’m starting with the folks who’ve moved into a flippable-to-Blue congressional district.
It’s helping me learn all the cities and towns in that region… and it’s a great way to assist the GOTV effort in that neck of the woods, without actually traveling there in person.
SiubhanDuinne
I swear to dog I typed “Foxx” with a double X, but as usual, autocorrect knows best.
@HumboldtBlue:
NutmegAgain
@cliosfanboy: So much sympathy and warm feeling for you. It’s been a rough week around here also, dog-wise.
dr. luba
I became a poll worker in 2008, and have worked every non-August election since…..until 2020. I worked our March presidential primary, but refused to work the general election in the fall because the state of Michigan was told they could not mandate the wearing of masks in polling stations.
I decided I was not willing to risk death to allow Republicans to vote (since the Democrats were wisely voting by absentee).
SiubhanDuinne
@HumboldtBlue:
First Amendment and all, but this kind of rhetoric drives me RIGHT ROUND THE BEND.
SiubhanDuinne
@NutmegAgain:
Very sorry to hear that.
dr. luba
@H.E.Wolf: I suppose it varies from state to state, but we can bring in snacks, and can eat/relax when voting is slow. And we are given a one hour lunch break (can leave the premises to eat).
But it is a very long day; we start around 0600 setting up, polls open 0700, and close 0800. Anyone still in line can vote, and then we have to go through all the closing procedures. No one can leave until having signed off on the tabulator results and other necessary paperwork.
Some years I’ve been luck to get home by midnight. Others we never got the evening rush and were home by 9 pm.
UncleEbeneezer
Shared the trailer for that Hillary & Chelsea show Gutsy (which looks awesome!) on my FB and like clockwork my FreeAssange buddy/colleague had to chime in with his hatred of Hillary. Dude has no idea how many stereotypes of shitty, White Leftist Dudebros he’s confirming. I was tempted to call him out and explain how this is precisely the sort of bullshit that got Trump into office and Roe overturned and how every woman in my circle reading his comment will view him as a shitty ally, but I just didn’t have the energy, so I just deleted his comment. He wouldn’t get it even if I tried to explain. Sigh…
WereBear
@SiubhanDuinne: I know! Are we supposed to have ponderous discussions about “civil petition for castration” plans and then cry foul when men complain?
Why does this NEVER work the other way… and I’m glad of that…
Baud
@UncleEbeneezer:
That’s pretty sad.
SiubhanDuinne
@OzarkHillbilly:
That’s powerful, reading those straightforward statements of fact, one after another.
But much more so (also funnier) when you realise that each one of these factual statements is commentary on the particular congressperson’s tweet bitching and moaning about how terrible it is to forgive student loan.
It is to laugh.
HumboldtBlue
Joy is on fire on the Reid Out.
Year of The Woman part 2, focused on what the Dobbs decision has done to motivate women to turn out and vote and challenge for office.
NutmegAgain
Well I sent my lovely cantankerous opinionated smarty-pants dog Murphy to chase squirrels in the Great Beyond. She had a horrible, horrible disease (degenerative myelopathy) that slowly robbed her of control over her back legs. The worst part was watching her confusion and loss of dignity.
She was a super dignified doggo. I adopted her at 8 years old from Newfy Rescue. Somebody thought, well she’s big, she’s black and she’s double coated. Must be Newf in there somewhere. Uhhh. Nope! She was mostly Gt Pyrenees, with a splash of Black Lab that gave her a lovely tuxedo. But personality? So much Pyr. Not a scrap of Newf behavior or characteristics. No problem! Evidently, I was her livestock. We played tug of war with the decision making, and wow she really kept me safe from all the UPS trucks. I would have pitied anyone who tried to get into her space when she was healthy.
I will miss the girl. I’m still stepping over phantom dog, and checking the clock for her feeding time. Our vet could not have been more wonderful; they have a really well thought-out process. So, yeah.
How soon can I look for another dog without being callous? I’m not complete without a doggo.
raven
John Hinkley’s “Redemption Tour” show in Athens was cancelled.
eclare
@UncleEbeneezer: I thought the trailer was great, but I don’t have Apple+.
Baud
@NutmegAgain:
I’m sorry.
NutmegAgain
@SiubhanDuinne: Thank you so much
Baud
@raven:
Cancel culture strikes again!
raven
@NutmegAgain: Bohdi had a similar end and it was rough. He lived 17 years and we were going to wait a while to get another dog, travel and all that shit. Artie came along and we failed at fostering and now we’ve had her a year. It will happen.
HumboldtBlue
@NutmegAgain:
So sorry, have some love from the North Coast.
@SiubhanDuinne:
Esmi Armendarez Upton fucked around, and now she’s gonna find out.
eclare
@NutmegAgain: So sorry to hear about Murphy, sounds like a wonderful dog. As for timing, everyone is different. I had one friend who said it would be a year before she looked. She had a dog in a week.
Brachiator
@HumboldtBlue:
Jamie Foxx impersonating Trump was freaking awesome.
UncleEbeneezer
@Baud: He’ll work with and even volunteer for Planned Parenthood, but the idea of not publicly shitting on one of the most beloved and accomplished women in our history is just a bridge too far. He once got upset and vehemently disagreed when I pointed out that Assange is a sexist piece of shit. He clearly has done very little work on Feminism or listening to women.
SiubhanDuinne
@NutmegAgain:
Murphy sounds like a love, and great fun as well! I can only imagine how much you miss her. And it’s not my area of expertise, but my personal feeling is that if you were to go out tomorrow morning and acquire/rescue another doggo, Murphy would thoroughly endorse your decision. Same if you decided to wait a year or more. I don’t think there’s any “correct” time.
SiubhanDuinne
@WereBear:
I know. For openers, why does anybody think jokes or offhand comments about rape are funny? They are not funny.
Baud
@UncleEbeneezer:
The idea that people still care enough to hate is what’s pathetic. She’s been retired from politics for six years! And AFAIK she’s not doing anything the least bit controversial. She’s just living her best life.
cliosfanboy
@NutmegAgain:
I am so sorry 😞
Alison Rose 💙🌻💛
@The Golux: LOLOLOL THE PERFECT TYPO
SiubhanDuinne
@HumboldtBlue:
Thanks, I went back and did see that the bitch had been identified. Fuck her. I hope law enforcement throws every possible book at her.
Nelle
@SiubhanDuinne: My husband, 78, has done it three times in the last 10 months (general, primary, special). He sees it as part of his civic responsibility and privilege. And he can stay awake! I would need a nap.
Alison Rose 💙🌻💛
@H.E.Wolf: From my recollection (I did it in 2009) it was okay. I believe we got 30-minute lunch and dinner breaks, plus two morning breaks and two afternoon breaks of probably 15 minutes each?
sab
@WereBear: Rape jokes were a real sore point with me and my stepson. And his dad. He thought they were funny. I was horrified. His dad thought I was overreacting.
Then his girlfriend got raped.
Whole different attitude by the males in my life, who suddenly realized that our fears were real.
Another Scott
@H.E.Wolf: Thank you. Your regular reports of your in-the-trenches efforts are inspiring.
As is everyone else doing the work!
Cheers,
Scott.
Anotherlurker
@NutmegAgain: When the time comes for a new doggo, you will know. Most of the time, the new pup will find you.
Please accept my sincerest condolences . Losing your best furry friend is gut wrenching. Let your grief run its course. Crying at your loss and laughing at beloved memories is important in the healing process.
UncleEbeneezer
@Baud: No, this video proves that she’s gonna run for President again!!
Despite the facts that: 1.) she’s said several times she has no interest in running ever again and 2.) this series surely pays a hell of a lot better $ than elected office.
What I find most annoying is that he would chime in on a video that celebrates amazing women in a space filled with women (I have lots of organizer/activist FB friends who are feminist, work tirelessly for Dem Party and women’s orgs like PP) who are still outraged/horrified/hurt by Dobbs. It’s just so damn tone-deaf and sadly typical of White Dudez…
HumboldtBlue
@Brachiator:
He’s amazing.
@SiubhanDuinne:
Yeah, she’s gonna go through some things.
Jay
@NutmegAgain:
as soon as you are ready and in a good space for a doggo.
Baud
@UncleEbeneezer:
It’s hard for some people to completely reject the culture of their tribe.
sab
@sab: Stepson loved Tosh the comedian. I think Tosh is vile.
CaseyL
No more poll watching in Washington State, which went to all-mail elections more than a decade ago. I did work as a poll volunteer about, oh, 30-odd years ago.
I got to hang out with some very smart, very sweet, little old ladies (the actual poll workers/watchers). I remember how happy they were that I’d volunteered, and how worried they were about the lack of younger people signing up to do the work they did.
All mail-in voting obviates that concern, at least.
UncleEbeneezer
@Baud: He’s the real feminist because he likes Tulsi Gabbard and Nina Turner…
Another Scott
@NutmegAgain: I’m sorry. It’s always painful. :-(
The period without was usually about 6 months for us, but everyone is different and has different constraints. If you can take a pet-free break for a while, say to take a vacation that would be hard with a pet, it can help you decide when is a good time.
Our adoptions were for younger mutts (under a year or two). Older doggos are wonderful and always appreciate meeting new, happy, food-giving humans. :-)
Remember the good times.
Best wishes,
Scott.
Baud
@UncleEbeneezer:
Heh. No wonder women are having such a hard time right now.
sab
My dad is turning 98 tomorrow.
I am tasking his great grand-daughter with the job of creating coloring books for her grandfather (from the other side of the family).
Great grandpa at 98 is in better shape than grandpa at 71.
Life is not fair, but we olds all knew that .
WereBear
@NutmegAgain: Go ahead and find someone who needs rescuing. I think it’s the greatest tribute we can give to our last one.
Then we can talk to the new one about the old one, cry into their fur, and feel a little better.
I hope it happens for both of you. I extend my understanding and sympathy.
Mike S (Now with a Democratic Congressperson!)
@HumboldtBlue: How many of them will take the 5th? Maybe all of them Katie!
prostratedragon
@HumboldtBlue: That’s the most terrifying thing I’ve ever heard. He should take himself to a sweat lodge.
White & Gold Purgatorian
@eclare: I’m healing, thank you. Surgery was three weeks ago and I’ve been home for two weeks. My gut is now reacquainted with food and my fingers are starting to get a little pink color at the tips, so it seems I’m on the road to recovery.
NutmegAgain
Thank you all so very much for the kind words on Murphy’s passing. I’ll check back when my life is once again festooned with hair & drool.
hedgehog mobile
Signed up to be a poll worker. Also writing letters through VoteForward.
Miss Bianca
@NutmegAgain: Late to the thread, but here to say, you look for a doggo just as soon as you feel ready. I put it off for two years after the canine love of my life died, and I went off the deep end not having a dog around. It wasn’t pretty. Somewhere out there a dog needs you as you much as you need a dog.
RIP to Murphy.