Just wanted to clear something up: These policies, and similar ones in other states, were passed in an arrogant frenzy by a Tea Party-tide of Republicans elected in 2010. Many of them decided that they had a mandate to dismantle some of the basic protections and restrictions of government. They went too far, and weary …
Election 2011
Ohio punditry
Wanted to talk about how the union-busting campaign in Ohio felt on the ground. I could have done it prior to this but I’m superstitious. For whatever reason I believe that reckless pre-election punditry on my part ensures a loss. Conservatives ran a traditional divide and conquer campaign, they ran it at thirty thousand feet, …
Walloped
The Every Sperm is Sacred Act and the Fuck the Public Unions Act were both rejected at the polls last night in Mississippi and Ohio. Ohio is at 61-39, and even more surprising, Mississippi wasn’t close at all, currently holding at 59-41. The Maine citizen veto of the voter suppression law Kay wrote about yesterday …
Election Day Shenanigans are Afoot in Ohio: Robocall Tells Voters to Head to Polls TOMORROW
Same as it ever was. For all the GOP whining about voter fraud, it’s patently obvious that the only fraud being perpetrated is by Republicans against Democrats: Ohio residents are voting Tuesday on Issue 2, a ballot referendum on a controversial measure known as SB 5. The law restricts collective bargaining rights for state employees, …
Election Day: Races to Watch [Kasich FAIL! and Uterati WIN!]
Vote or die! It’s Election Day, y’all! Time to get your civic duty on! Here are some races to keep an eye on: From Political Wire: 1) the referendum on the anti-collective-bargaining law in Ohio, where polls close at 7:30 pm ET; 2) the governor’s race in Kentucky, where all polls close at 7:00 pm …
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You’ll also want to vote on voting rights, because you’re good and decent people
Maine has a citizen veto, too, today: Question 1: People’s Veto Do you want to reject the section of Chapter 399 of the Public Laws of 2011 that requires new voters to register to vote at least two business days prior to an election? You’d want to REJECT that, I imagine. Good for Maine for …
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Union Busting is Disgusting
These are photos of public sector and private sector union members and others here in northwest Ohio who have worked really hard the last however many months to put a citizen veto of Issue Two on the ballot. Issue Two is a ballot referendum on former Fox News personality John Kasich’s union busting law, SB …