Re:Purges: A Growing Threat to the Right to Vote
by fake-name on Friday July 20, 2018 @10:00PM
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[Citation needed]
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Re:Purges: A Growing Threat to the Right to Vote
by crooked-v on Friday July 20, 2018 @10:07PM
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That article is about local school board elections, not state or national elections.
Re:Purges: A Growing Threat to the Right to Vote
by greglindahl on Friday July 20, 2018 @10:24PM
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Fun fact: In the EU, anyone who's an EU citizen can vote in local elections wherever they live, even if they aren't a citizen of the country they're in.
Local elections are quite different from state/province and national elections.
Re:Purges: A Growing Threat to the Right to Vote
by ceejayoz on Friday July 20, 2018 @10:19PM
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... and to expand on that point a little, local elections can do pretty much whatever they want, including electing a dog as mayor: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2014/08/13/mi...
Re:Purges: A Growing Threat to the Right to Vote
by ebikelaw on Friday July 20, 2018 @10:13PM
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That article is so confused that I’d be careful taking any of it at face value. For one thing there certainly is not anyone named Adam Putnam running as the Republican candidate for Governor of California.
Re:Purges: A Growing Threat to the Right to Vote
by koenigdavidmj on Friday July 20, 2018 @10:16PM
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That’s an editorial goof, not a fake person. He’s running as a Republican for the governor of Florida.
Re:Purges: A Growing Threat to the Right to Vote
by ebikelaw on Friday July 20, 2018 @10:31PM
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It’s not just a goof, it’s the entire hook of the article and it’s repeated twice. And although not pedantically wrong, the description of Putnam as the GOP candidate for governor is highly misleading. He’s running in the primary for the nomination and he’s not the favorite.