ranked choice voting has its proponents, is this the end of it in new york on how it rolled out and how long it s going to take, under the best of circumstances, to determine a mayor? again, i think it is not going to be the end of ranked choice voting because this is a voter approved ballot referendum, so to end it would require voters approving an initiative to repeal it, there is proposed legislation to do that but we re a long way from that point. there will be a critical review from lawmakers at the local and state level about how the election was run and to what degree rules need to change to account for ranked choice voting. in terms of the timing, it is important to remember that the timing here, in terms of getting the full and complete results is a product of law, when they re
county where atlanta is. they also severely limited drop boxes. are laws like this about targeting predominantly blue, urban, and you know what i mean by that, urban areas? black votes. unquestionably. that s what we are seeing. in state after state. and this pattern of increased preemption of red states and blue cities began in 2010. it kind of percolated along in the decade. it took a huge leap during the pandemic when you saw kemp in georgia and abbott in texas and desantis the head of the line in florida, pressured by trump repeatedly overriding the decisions by executives or mayors whether to close down businesses or fine people who weren t wearing masks, and that posture has rolled right into this legislative session. key west, florida passed a ballot referendum to limit the
urban, and you know what i mean by that, urban areas? black folks. unquestionably. that s what we re seeing in state after state. this pattern of increased preemption of red states by blue cities began after the big republican gains in 2010. it s kind of percolated along through the decade. it took a huge leap forward during the pandemic when you saw governors like kemp in georgia and abbott in texas and desantis in florida, under pressure from trump, repeatedly overriding the decisions by democratic county executives and mayors whether to close down businesses or require masks or fine people who weren t wearing masks. that more aggressive posture has just rolled right into this legislative session. we are seeing the state key west, florida, passed a ballot referendum to limit the docking of large cruise ships, and the state is overriding even that. so there s almost no area that seems to be out of bounds at
florida under pressure from trump, repeatedly overriding the decisions by democratic county executives and mayors whether to close down businesses or to require masks or to fine people who weren t wearing masks and that more aggressive posture has just rolled right into this legislative session. i mean, we are seeing the state over key west, florida, passed a ballot referendum to limit the docking of large cruise ships and the state is overriding even that. so there s almost no area that seems to be out of bounds at this point and, again, it is part of this larger pattern of all of these issues where the red states are moving very aggressively to the right in almost a coordinated fashion since biden s victory. beijing is accusing the u.s. of paranoid delusion after a rare bipartisan bill passed in the senate on use. on this vote the yays are 68, the nays are 32, the 60 vote
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The Pressure of Being California’s First Latino Senator
Alex Padilla, who filled Kamala Harris’s seat, is hoping to speak for his fellow Latinos. That won’t be easy.
gabriella demczuk
Alex Padilla was radicalized early. The young man was 21, freshly graduated from MIT with a mechanical-engineering degree, and he had returned to his childhood home in the San Fernando Valley to figure out his next step. From the television in the living room, Padilla heard a grim voice offer a warning: “They keep coming.” Grainy black-and-white video showed shady figures wading through cars waiting in line at the crossing in San Ysidro. “Two million illegal immigrants in California. The federal government won’t stop them at the border, yet requires us to pay billions to take care of them,” the voice added, menacingly.