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Im surprised they are waiting till afternoon to do the EC count. With objections this process could take upwards of 15 hours.PSNetwork / XBOX GamerTag: xJeris
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Gabriel Sterling (R), Georgia Secretary of State.
Gabriel Sterling works for the SoS office and is "Voting Systems Implementation Manager" (and according to Linked in, now also COO/CFO of the office of the Secretary of State)
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Originally posted by BassAle View Post
brad raffensperger is the Georgia Secretary of State.
Gabriel Sterling works for the SoS office and is "Voting Systems Implementation Manager" (and according to Linked in, now also COO/CFO of the office of the Secretary of State)
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Originally posted by JF_Gophers View PostIm surprised they are waiting till afternoon to do the EC count. With objections this process could take upwards of 15 hours.
It could take 100, if they object to every state.Cornell University
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Originally posted by Kepler View PostFixing the Senate means adding DC, maybe PR,
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Originally posted by psych View PostI gave Warnock a 50% chance and Ossoff a 10% to win. Good thing I don’t do that for a living. It made intuitive sense for Warnock to win more votes than Ossoff, but not significantly more votes to where Ossoff was this safe too.
I believe your odds were perfect for the day after the general election. Then Dump did his thang, and Loeffler was Extreme Loeffler, and Perdue's criminality became more and more obvious.Cornell University
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Originally posted by BassAle View Post
Adding DC isn't going to happen. Too hard to address the 23rd amendment.
The actual problem is Hamilton's:
Get past that (no small task) and there is no procedural problem.Cornell University
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Originally posted by Kepler View Post
That's not a problem at all. We redefine DC to be the Mall and the major political buildings. Make the rest a new state. Easy peasy.
The actual problem is Hamilton's:
Get past that (no small task) and there is no procedural problem.
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It would be kind of hilarious if dems objected to all trump states just to waste time. But they dont want to be there for 4 days either.PSNetwork / XBOX GamerTag: xJeris
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Originally posted by St. Clown View Post
I think the Filibuster gets retired in the next couple years.
As to Peurto Rico, the island vacillates between wanting to become a state or breaking away from the US entirely. I don't really know which would be better for them.
If we get rid of the rather protective shipping acts, so that Puerto Rico can directly trade with the entire region, they would be MUCH better off, and probably would just keep the status. As it is, they will sacrifice having a Miss Universe and an Olympic team to get the economy back on track. (and yes, those are really huge deals). Their individual culture is a very, very, very big deal.
What really messes up the equation are the Puerto Rican who live in the main US, get the benefits of being represented, etc- but want to keep PR the status quo. I have more than one friend who is that.
That being said, I think they will want to become a state. The laws that are specifically holding them back is making it impossible- like much of the federal payments have been fixed (not adjusted for inflation) since the 80s. It's a pretty unsustainable position for those who can't leave the island. And it's a major reason we have no plans on retiring there.
edit- BTW, the fear of Puerto Rico by the R's is self inflicted based on their racial hate. Seeing who runs the island, they are roughly 50% liberal and 50% conservative. Just like the mainland. For the very near future, until the racists are purged from the party, they will never get support in PR. But if the racist ever figure that out, they can get a lot of the minorities.Last edited by MichVandal; 01-06-2021, 11:42 AM.
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Originally posted by BassAle View Post
Per the 23rd amendment, the district would still be entitled to 3 electoral votes. I'm assuming the only residents would be the occupants of the White House. Nothing would stop one or more members of the presidential household declaring the district as their residence for voter registration purposes, right?
Or give those 3 EV to Dave Chapelle, Stephen Colbert, and Duke Ellington.Cornell University
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It's not a problem unless you don't want to give the occupants of the White House the same influence in the presidential election as the state of Vermont:
https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/f...2019_final.pdf
Third, H.R. 51/S. 631 is not at odds with Twenty-Third Amendment, which provides the District with three electoral votes. While the Twenty-Third Amendment raises important policy considerations (e.g., the provision of three electoral votes to a small number of residents in the remaining District, including the President and their family), it does not render H.R. 51/S. 631 unconstitutional, as it prescribes neither a particular form nor population for the District.Last edited by BassAle; 01-06-2021, 11:44 AM.
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The best part about taking the Senate, is we no longer have to fight a nebulous "Republican" monster when trying to club people with bills. We can now force them to put their names to votes and pick them off one by one.
$2,000 checks. Make Murkowski, Johnson, Rubio, Grassley, Burr, and Scott explain why their constituents didn't deserve checks but tax cuts for trillion-dollar companies and billionaires were ok.
$15 min wage. Make them defend not giving a raise to their constituents while they give away cash to billionaires.
Legalized marijuana.
John Lewis VRA - Have fun with this Burr and Scott
Student loan forgiveness
ERA - Good luck to Murkowski on this one.
The list goes on. Pick them off, one by one, and all of a sudden, 2022 becomes fairly enticing to start ramming through the heavy stuff.
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Originally posted by Kepler View PostI hadn't thought of that. We would have to make DC have legally zero population.
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