I think thekindlyman has it right. I live in one of the counties studied. The 'straight ticket' option is new this year. It was a 2018 ballot measure (constitutional amendment) along with weed and a new method of gerrymandering (also a constitutional amendment). I viewed the weed proposal as a means of helping to elect our tyrannical governor along with the supporting attorney general and secretary of state. I viewed the straight ticket option as a means to garner inner city votes more easily, and I view the overly complex gerrymandering amendment as a means of giving the secretary of state more power than she should have. Therefore, even though I voted for only republicans, I avoided the 'straight ticket' bubble and filled out every republican bubble independently. I know others who did this as well. I would expect that in a given precinct, the percent of people who were determined to fill all the race bubbles who then voted for Trump would be very similar to the percent of people who decided to go the straight ticket way. Also, I know for a fact (because the guy in front of me had his ballot rejected by the machine) that if you mark the straight ticket bubble, you can't mark any of the other bubbles in the partisan race section. You can continue to mark bubbles in the non-partisan (judges, ballot measures, millages) section.
Yes, a significant portion of the population has no problem lying, cheating, or stealing to further their goals when they are in a position of power. If there are ever to be fair elections, a uniform voting process must be implemented across all states. I recognize that the Federal constitution does not currently enable this. Step one, define the robust voting process. I'm sure we can do some world-wide benchmarking to identify the best system. Step two is implementing it uniformly in each state.
When did John James fall behind, the morning after election as they were processing Detroit? I'm not well versed in all of the methods of fraud, but Michigan had a ballot proposal in 2018 to change the constitution to allow same day registration and straight-ticket voting. It passed, along with the pot proposal. That proposal seems perfect for maximizing the number of fraudulent ballots you could crank out in the shortest amount of time.
I agree with this. Prop.1 weed was put on the ballot specifically to help get her and other key democrats in place, and get the other two proposals (constitutional amendments for same day, straight ticket voting and redistricting) passed. yes-yes-yes is easy to remember, no?
Why is this being proposed as a change to the Constitution, and not a Law? The Constitution is like your computer's operating system, or your body's DNA. It is the basic framework of operation. I think changes to the Constitution should not be taken lightly. Prop 2 addresses a fundamental right, and a change to the Constitution makes sense here.
Yeah, I wish we had a thread like this before the day of the election. Katica put out a 2020 MAGA candidates list. BallotPedia shows how much money each has collected and spent (and saved). Esshaki has the most cash on hand by far according to that site. But I really don't know enough about any of them.
Yes! Not rulers, public servants. Serving our interests. The people of the States self-govern, by and large. We elect the public servants to perform certain specific tasks so that we can focus on taking care of ourselves. My take, anyway.
And the school curriculum.