Voting

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Voting Basics Everyone Should Know

Being an informed voter and voting is a precious right that we have in this country. Midterms matter and when it comes to midterms the Democrats, historically, have a poor record. Do not despair, as the saying goes, when we vote we win!

At the risk of sounding hyperbolic, this may be the most important election in recent history. Why? We are dangerously close to the Republicans controlling enough state governments to where they may successfully pass constitutional amendments.

Thanks to the renewed energy stemming from the 2016 election we are seeing an influx of promising newcomers in races where historically we have been complacent. The most important way to support them is at the ballot box!

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Do I Get Time Off to Vote and Other Voting Questions

Since we here in the good ol’ USA vote on the first Tuesday in November, a workday for most people, this leads to a question about what your rights are when it comes to getting the necessary time off to vote. This issue has been left to the States to answer, which means there isn’t one nationwide law to answer the question. So, do you get time off to vote and is it compensated in your state?  Continue reading →

The Electoral College Needs to Go

Over the past weeks I have been watching CNN for my election coverage. They don’t blatantly ignore facts like Fox News and they aren’t blatantly (even though they are) in the tank for Obama like MSNBC. Once Romney became the presumptive Republican nominee, they began to analyze the various presidential polls.

If you were from another planet and saw the coverage on CNN, you would think the United States was controlled by a handful of states: Virginia, Nevada, New Hampshire, Florida, and Ohio. These are the states that will decide the election. Eventually, CNN managed to whittle this list down to Ohio. I kept hearing that whoever wins Ohio will be President. I thought it was funny when, during one of the debates, CNN had a room full of undecided voters from Ohio and said “These are the people who will decide the election.” I kept waiting for them to find a single undecided voter in Cleveland and ask him/her how it felt to know they were responsible for picking the next President. Continue reading →