Thanks for this.
It is the good news we need to hear.
With hard work and good luck, as we change gerrymandering and cynical redistricting, we may be able to get back to this thing called “representational government.”
Likely. Agreed.
Their power has just been weakened by Awful People Who Cheat To Win.
“For purposes of the Hatch Act, an individual is no longer considered a candidate when the outcome of the election is determined by vote of the Electoral College on the sixth day of January after the election,” OSC’s guidance, which the agency issued Wednesday, reads. “But while presidential candidates may retain their status as candidates well past Election Day, OSC has consistently advised that, with rare exception, post Election Day activities showing support for or opposition to a presidential candidate will not affect the result of the election for that office.”
If the current trends hold with Biden narrowly winning the presidency but not the senate, it may be the ideal outcome for some of the crooks on Wall Street. They’ll no longer have to deal with a completely erratic and unpredictable president, but there would be no chance of significant tax reforms or major new financial regulations.
It’s heartwarming in a way that even after everything that’s happened the Democrats have enough respect for the legal process that they aren’t going straight to Ramsay.
If this is what counts as a “legal victory” for Trump’s team on the vote-counting in Pennsylvania then I’ll take that as a good sign.
Under the new orders, Republican observers will be allowed to watch the process from six feet away; previously, they were kept at a distance of roughly 20 feet away from workers at the main Philadelphia canvassing area, at the downtown convention center.
I don’t think standing slightly closer to the vote counters is really all that likely to change the outcome.