Democrats have *flipped* 7 state legislative chambers and 333 seats, adding 6 more trifectas (gov+both chambers)
All I saw on my mainstream news app was “GOP holds Senate, GOP governors win in three states, Trump says the midterms were great” and nothing like this.
You probably know that the Democrats decisively won the House of Representatives.
Here’s more good news that you’re probably not hearing: Democrats took control from Republicans in New Hampshire,
Colorado,
Minnesota,
Maine, Nevada, New Mexico, Illinois, and New York, and now hold the governor’s seat and both chambers of the legislature in the last six of those states.
This is huge for fixing the huge gerrymandering issues at the state level that have enshrined minority rule by the GOP in all U.S. elections from the presidency on down.
It is estimated that over 15 million people were registered but didn’t vote in 2016 because of transportation issues.
This Election Day (Tuesday, 11/6), Lyft and Uber are working to change that.
Here’s what Lyft is doing:
Across the country, Lyft will give away 50% off promo codes that encourage voter turnout. Lyft will also
have a product integration to help passengers find their polling
location.
For underserved communities, Lyft will provide rides free of cost through nonpartisan, nonprofit partners.
Here’s what Uber is doing:
Uber has built an
in-app feature as part of its Uber Drives The Vote initiative that will show you exactly where your nearest polling place is and let you book a ride to get there for free.
PLEASE SHARE this information, especially with folks who may not have access to reliable, affordable transportation. Let’s get people to the polls!
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There are many reasons to vote besides electing officials. You might also, say, still technically have slavery in your state constitution that needs to be abolished.
MMMMMHM. Wanna know what’s worse? This is the second time in the last few years Colorado has voted on this because last time IT DIDN’T FUCKING PASS.
If you want to get really technical on it, this is a “the language just never technically got removed” sort of issue. But it is obviously still a huge fucking issue.
Really damn ashamed of my state on this one, honestly.
It’s not just a technical language issue. This would affect prison labor- prison is where legal slave labor happens in the U.S. There’s a lot of corporate interests- private prisons, for one- who don’t want this amendment to pass, because it would cut into their ability to profit from the labor of prisoners. I’m no longer a Colorado voter since I moved to Montana, but if you live in Colorado, vote yes on amendment A!
Hey, Colorado! You have an opportunity few of us do: YOU CAN VOTE AGAINST SLAVERY! I mean, it’s horrifying that prison slavery is a thing, but how great is it that you get to go to the polls and say “no more slavery”? Show the country that you really do believe that slavery is bad!
Here’s the thing: if the Republicans don’t suffer significant losses in the midterms, then they will interpret this as meaning that the racism and the xenophobia and the scapegoating of Jews and muslims and transgender people are winning propositions, and they will double down on all of these things. Yes the Democrats are frustratingly mediocre, and it sucks. But things still have a LOT of room to get worse.
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