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Bytes Europe<p>North Carolina Supreme Court rules most challenged ballots must stay in election count <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/914548/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/914548/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/2024UnitedStatesPresidentialElection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2024UnitedStatesPresidentialElection</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AllisonRiggs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AllisonRiggs</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AnitaEarls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnitaEarls</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Courts</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elections</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GeneralNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeneralNews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NCStateWire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NCStateWire</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NorthCarolina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthCarolina</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NorthCarolinaStateGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthCarolinaStateGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PaulShumaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaulShumaker</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/raleigh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>raleigh</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RichardDietz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RichardDietz</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/U" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>U</span></a>.S.News <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStatesOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStatesOfAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USNews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USANews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USANews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voting</span></a></p>
PirjaPaa<p>I CAN'T BELIEVE WE STILL HAVE TO FIGHT FOR THIS SAME SHIT!! 😳💩🙈🤯</p><p><a href="https://mastodontti.fi/tags/womensrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>womensrights</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodontti.fi/tags/voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voting</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodontti.fi/tags/equality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>equality</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodontti.fi/tags/StopMAGAFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopMAGAFascism</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodontti.fi/tags/TrumpDictator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpDictator</span></a> </p><p>Ps. Finland was the 1st in Europe, 2nd in the world to have equal vote.<br><a href="https://mastodontti.fi/tags/%C3%A4%C3%A4nioikeus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>äänioikeus</span></a></p>
ahimsa<p>"‘The SAVE Act isn’t about preventing fraud.’ Oregon representative gives fiery speech as House approves changes to voter registration"</p><p><a href="https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/04/the-save-act-isnt-about-preventing-fraud-oregon-representative-gives-fiery-speech-as-house-approves-changes-to-voter-registration.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">oregonlive.com/politics/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">4/the-save-act-isnt-about-preventing-fraud-oregon-representative-gives-fiery-speech-as-house-approves-changes-to-voter-registration.html</span></a></p><p>“The SAVE Act isn’t about preventing fraud, it’s about preventing participation in our elections" - Rep. Maxine Dexter</p><p><a href="https://disabled.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Oregon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oregon</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elections</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Voting</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/SaveAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaveAct</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/VoterSuppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoterSuppression</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a></p>
Emus for Entropy<p>We Should Be So Lucky: Why the Australian Way Works</p><p><a href="https://insidestory.org.au/the-improvisers/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">insidestory.org.au/the-improvi</span><span class="invisible">sers/</span></a></p><p>(Yet) Another analysis of why Australia has not disappeared in a froth of beer fueled cynical lazy mismanagement ... or ... ?</p><p>This is an interesting , informative and *informed* "assay " of a book by expat Andrew Low. </p><p>Yes, it/they does/do reference the frayed Lucky Country "meme" made prominent by that Don Horne bloke.</p><p>&lt;edited quote&gt; ::</p><p>... Australia is not compelled to follow the American lead any more than it is compelled to follow a Chinese lead. ... they are wise words. </p><p>Australians may not be good long-term planners, he observes, but they are good improvisers. Being adaptable, Low thinks, is better than being visionary. </p><p>Adaptable is what we need to be. <br>&lt;/ quote&gt;</p><p> Yep :) </p><p>Mostly makes good sense to this decaying lump of post sheep meat .</p><p><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Auspol</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/LuckyCountry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LuckyCountry</span></a> <br> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Hawke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hawke</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Keating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Keating</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Conservatism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservatism</span></a> <br><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Society</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Polity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Polity</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Voting</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>From 2024: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRightsWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRightsWatch</span></a> - <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Venezuela" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Venezuela</span></a>: Brutal <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Crackdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crackdown</span></a> on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Protesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protesters</span></a>, Voters</p><p>Killings, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MassArrests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MassArrests</span></a> Following Elections </p><p>(Bogota) – "Venezuelan authorities are committing widespread <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> violations against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protesters</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/bystanders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bystanders</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/opposition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opposition</span></a> leaders, and critics following the July 28, 2024, presidential election, Human Rights Watch said today. Concerned governments should push for independent verification of the electoral results and support international efforts to ensure accountability. </p><p>"International observers have raised serious concerns about the July 29 announcement by Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE) that <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nicol%C3%A1sMaduro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NicolásMaduro</span></a> had been re-elected president. Following the announcement, thousands of protesters have taken to the streets, in largely peaceful protests, to demand a fair counting of the votes. Human Rights Watch has documented that Venezuelan authorities and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProGovernment</span></a> armed groups known as '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/colectivos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>colectivos</span></a>' have committed widespread abuses, including killings, arbitrary detention and prosecution, and harassment of critics. On September 2, a judge issued an arrest warrant against opposition candidate <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EdmundoGonz%C3%A1lez" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EdmundoGonzález</span></a> for '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracy</span></a>,' 'incitement to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/disobedience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disobedience</span></a>' and other crimes.</p><p>" 'The repression we are seeing in Venezuela is shockingly brutal,' said Juanita Goebertus, Americas director at Human Rights Watch. 'Concerned governments need to take urgent steps to ensure that people are able to peacefully protest and that their vote is respected.'</p><p>"Venezuelans voted in the presidential election in large numbers, despite irregular government actions and human rights violations in the lead-up to the election, including arrests of opposition members, arbitrary disqualifications of opposition candidates, and restrictions on Venezuelans <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voting</span></a> abroad. Several hours after polls closed, Venezuela’s electoral council declared that Maduro had won the election with over 51 percent of the vote. The Electoral Council has not released the tally sheets from the election, nor conducted the audits and citizen verification processes required by law. </p><p>"The United Nations Electoral Technical Team and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CarterCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarterCenter</span></a>, which observed the elections, said the process lacked transparency and integrity, and questioned the declared result. They indicated that, instead, the precinct-level tally sheets that the opposition made public were reliable. The Carter Center noted that the tally sheets showed, with 81 percent of the votes counted, that <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Gonz%C3%A1lez" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>González</span></a> had won the election by a significant margin. </p><p>"Venezuelans have taken to the streets across the country, particularly in low-income areas traditionally supportive of the Chavismo movement, where many incidents of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/repression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>repression</span></a> have taken place. </p><p>"Human Rights Watch received credible reports of 24 killings in the context of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protests</span></a> from independent local groups, including Foro Penal, Justicia Encuentro y Perdón, Monitor de Víctimas, and Provea, or discovered them on social media. Human Rights Watch independently documented 11 of these cases, including by reviewing death certificates, verifying videos and photographs, and interviewing 20 people, including witnesses and other local sources. Many relatives, witnesses, and others were not willing to be interviewed because they feared <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GovernmentRetaliation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentRetaliation</span></a>.</p><p>"Human Rights Watch analyzed and verified 39 videos and 2 photographs of protests found on social media platforms or sent directly to researchers by people close to the victims, and by local organizations and journalists. </p><p>"Researchers confirmed the exact locations where these videos were filmed; used information such as shadows, weather patterns, and upload dates to determine the time of day; and consulted with forensic pathologists and arms experts, who analyzed the injuries and weapons that were seen and heard. </p><p>"According to Venezuelan authorities, they arrested over 2,400 people in connection with protests. The local pro bono group <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ForoPenal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForoPenal</span></a> recorded over 1,580 '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PoliticalPrisoners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalPrisoners</span></a>' who have been arrested since July 29, including 114 children. Prosecutors have charged hundreds with sometimes broadly defined crimes carrying harsh sentences, such as '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/incitement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>incitement</span></a> to hatred,' '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resistance</span></a> to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/authority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authority</span></a>,' and 'terrorism.'</p><p>"The government has also intensified its broader repressive tactics, cancelling passports of critics to prevent them from leaving the country, encouraging citizens to report on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/demonstrators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>demonstrators</span></a>, and conducting abusive <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/raids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>raids</span></a>, especially in low-income communities. On August 15, Maduro’s supporters in the National Assembly passed a law that grants the government <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BroadPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BroadPowers</span></a> to control and shut down nongovernmental organizations [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NGOs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NGOs</span></a>]."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/09/04/venezuela-brutal-crackdown-protesters-voters" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">hrw.org/news/2024/09/04/venezu</span><span class="invisible">ela-brutal-crackdown-protesters-voters</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ElectionFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionFraud</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Crackdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crackdown</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protesters</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Protesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protesting</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BogusCharges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BogusCharges</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Murder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Murder</span></a></p>
David Megginson<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://ottawa.place/@stephanie" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>stephanie</span></a></span> wrote</p><p><p>We haven't received our voting cards for the election</p></p><p>We haven't either, but they're not required to vote. I don't think I ever got one for the provincial election.</p><p>You can confirm that you're registered to vote here:</p><p><a href="https://ereg.elections.ca/en/ereg/index" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ereg.elections.ca/en/ereg/index</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/canPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>canPoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/elxn45" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elxn45</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voting</span></a></p>
Bohemian Peasant<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GossiTheDog</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/Cowards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cowards</span></a> everywhere when we very much need <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/courage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>courage</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voting</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/chriskrebs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chriskrebs</span></a></p>
Flipboard<p>Postal services in some areas of the USA are unreliable, so it makes sense to have a grace period when it comes to returning election ballots — at least, that’s been the case for a number of years in around half of the states across the political spectrum. <span class="h-card"><a href="https://journa.host/@bolts" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bolts</span></a></span> reports on how that’s changing. “This past March alone brought news that two states … will repeal their grace periods; that conservative federal judges are on the brink of killing grace periods in two other states; and that Trump, who for years has falsely alleged rampant mail-voting fraud, wants to pressure the rest of the nation to reject every mail ballot that arrives after polls close,” writes Alex Burness. </p><p><a href="https://boltsmag.org/restrictions-on-grace-periods-for-mail-ballots/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">boltsmag.org/restrictions-on-g</span><span class="invisible">race-periods-for-mail-ballots/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Voting</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/VoterSuppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoterSuppression</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/ELections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ELections</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/USElections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USElections</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Newstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Newstodon</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NewstodonFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewstodonFriday</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FollowFriday</span></a></p>
CBC Kitchener-Waterloo<p>Here’s what people had to say outside a Pierre Poilievre rally in Breslau<br>Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre held a rally near the airport in Breslau Thursday evening. Local residents showed up to show their support. Some first-time voters said they were there to see what Poilievre had to say in order to help them make up their minds. CBC’s Marina von Stackelberg spoke to attendees after the rally. <br><a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/Breslau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Breslau</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.6720412?cmp=rss" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/player/play/9.6720412?c</span><span class="invisible">mp=rss</span></a></p>
Keira (She/Her)<p>How do ballots get ordered in other countries?</p><p>This is the Australian national system. <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-11/aec-draws-ballots-federal-election-2025/105165884" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-04-11/aec</span><span class="invisible">-draws-ballots-federal-election-2025/105165884</span></a></p><p>In the ACT the ballots are printed in lots, so that no one candidate is at the top of every ballot, avoiding the "donkey vote" benefit of being the top name.</p><p>I actually don't know how we do it in the other states, except that it isn't like the ACT.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voting</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elections</span></a></p>
ABC Feeds<p>Blindfolds, balls and bingo: Ordering election candidates on the ballot<br>By Samantha Dick</p><p>The Australian Electoral Commission has finalised the order of candidates on federal election ballot papers using a blindfold and numbered balls.</p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-11/aec-draws-ballots-federal-election-2025/105165884" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-04-11/aec</span><span class="invisible">-draws-ballots-federal-election-2025/105165884</span></a></p><p><a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/Voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Voting</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/AustralianFederalElections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AustralianFederalElections</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/GovernmentandPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentandPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/SamanthaDick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SamanthaDick</span></a></p>
ABC Feeds<p>Blindfolds, balls and bingo: Ordering election candidates on the ballot<br>By Samantha Dick</p><p>The Australian Electoral Commission has finalised the order of candidates on federal election ballot papers using a blindfold and numbered balls.</p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-11/aec-draws-ballots-federal-election-2025/105165884" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-04-11/aec</span><span class="invisible">-draws-ballots-federal-election-2025/105165884</span></a></p><p><a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/Voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Voting</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/AustralianFederalElections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AustralianFederalElections</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/GovernmentandPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentandPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/SamanthaDick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SamanthaDick</span></a></p>
Anwar Hashmi<p>Election Results: Why we use the Associated&nbsp;Press</p><p>The Associated Press -- which has been compiling vote results and declaring winners from election offices around the nation for more than 170 years -- said it calls races when there is "no possibility that the trailing candidate can make up the gap." Details: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/electionday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electionday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/electionday2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electionday2024</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/donaldtrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>donaldtrump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kamalaharris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kamalaharris</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trumpvance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trumpvance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/harriswalz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harriswalz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/presidentialelection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>presidentialelection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/electionresults" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electionresults</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/electionday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electionday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voting</span></a>…</p><p><a href="https://spinelessnews.com/election-results-why-we-use-the-associated-press/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">spinelessnews.com/election-res</span><span class="invisible">ults-why-we-use-the-associated-press/</span></a></p>
ProPublica<p>Prompted by ProPublica’s reporting on efforts by right-wing activists to disallow ballots in a key judicial election, North Carolina Democrats have introduced a bill designed to prevent votes from being tossed out based on postelection rule changes.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-supreme-court-election-discarded-votes-legislation?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">propublica.org/article/north-c</span><span class="invisible">arolina-supreme-court-election-discarded-votes-legislation?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/NorthCarolina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthCarolina</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Election</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Voting</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Law</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a></p>
Nathaniel Gregory<p>‘Thousands Says Hands Off to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> at Capitol in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Albany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Albany</span></a>’ is on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SoundCloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoundCloud</span></a></p><p><a href="https://soundcloud.com/mediasanctuary/thousands-says-hands-off-to?utm_source=clipboard&amp;utm_campaign=wtshare&amp;utm_medium=widget&amp;utm_content=https%253A%252F%252Fsoundcloud.com%252Fmediasanctuary%252Fthousands-says-hands-off-to" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">soundcloud.com/mediasanctuary/</span><span class="invisible">thousands-says-hands-off-to?utm_source=clipboard&amp;utm_campaign=wtshare&amp;utm_medium=widget&amp;utm_content=https%253A%252F%252Fsoundcloud.com%252Fmediasanctuary%252Fthousands-says-hands-off-to</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreenSocialist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenSocialist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreenParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenParty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EcoSocialist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EcoSocialist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EcoSocialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EcoSocialism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Socialist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Socialist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Socialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Socialism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Marxist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Marxist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Marxism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Marxism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Revolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Revolution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Peace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Peace</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ecology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialJustice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DualPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DualPower</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Election</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elections</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vote</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Voting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Electoral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Electoral</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElectoralReforms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectoralReforms</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Organizing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Organizing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Organize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Organize</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reading</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Discussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Discussion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Learning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Learning</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Worker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Worker</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Workers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WorkersRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorkersRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Union</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Unions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LaborRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaborRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UnionsRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnionsRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a></p>
MissConstrue<p>Well y’all, I told you they hated women. The House GOP voted last night to take away the vote from married women. 69 million women will be disenfranchised from the vote if this passes the Senate. </p><p>I tell you what ladies, it is time to prepare for a Lysistrata type strike. And not a refusal to make the beast with two backs, I mean a total and complete work stoppage of all invisible labor. </p><p>The entire world runs on the unpaid, and underpaid work of women. We must prepare to withdraw that labor. Fuck all of this. </p><p><a href="https://19thnews.org/2025/04/save-act-house-voting/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">19thnews.org/2025/04/save-act-</span><span class="invisible">house-voting/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mefi.social/tags/voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voting</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/votingrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>votingrights</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>women</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/19thamendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>19thamendment</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/gop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gop</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a></p>
CBC Windsor<p>What do you care about most this federal election?<br>CBC Windsor wants to hear from voters across Windsor-Essex, Chatham-Kent, and Sarnia-Lambton.<br><a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/WindsorEssex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WindsorEssex</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/ChathamKent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChathamKent</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/SarniaLambton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SarniaLambton</span></a><br><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/windsoressexvotes2025-federal-election-1.7506813?cmp=rss" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/win</span><span class="invisible">dsoressexvotes2025-federal-election-1.7506813?cmp=rss</span></a></p>
Maj - Michele Ann Jenkins 🇨🇦<p>"The SAVE Act amends the National Voter Registration Act to require voters registering or changing their registration information to provide ID that hundreds of millions of Americans do not have, and forcing that ID to be presented in person. These requirements severely restrict access to voting, especially for those abroad, in the military, in rural communities, married women, students, disabled and seniors."</p><p><a href="https://www.democratsabroad.org/stop_the_save_act?utm_campaign=save_act_americas&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=democratsabroad" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democratsabroad.org/stop_the_s</span><span class="invisible">ave_act?utm_campaign=save_act_americas&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=democratsabroad</span></a></p><p><a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vote</span></a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voting</span></a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/votingrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>votingrights</span></a></p>
Regina Kammer<p>ACTION: CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES!!!!<br>Oppose the SAVE Act (H.R. 22) - A Voter Suppression Bill - House Vote THURSDAY<br><a href="https://5calls.org/issue/save-act-voter-suppression/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">5calls.org/issue/save-act-vote</span><span class="invisible">r-suppression/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/VoterSuppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoterSuppression</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Voting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/WomensRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomensRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elections</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/StopFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopFascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/HouseOfRepresentatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HouseOfRepresentatives</span></a></p>
CBC Canada<p>Over 100,000 Canadians already voted as election campaign hits halfway point<br>Canadians appear more motivated to vote early this election than during the last campaign, according to numbers from Elections Canada.<br><a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canadians-voting-early-special-ballots-1.7506211?cmp=rss" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/politics/canadians</span><span class="invisible">-voting-early-special-ballots-1.7506211?cmp=rss</span></a></p>