Anyone have any guides or resources for selecting state/city council?
Crooked Media has a a voter guide. It covers state & local offices and measures. Not sure what state you're in, so can't really help yet.
Anyone have any guides or resources for selecting state/city council?
God damn I hate going through these props every year. Is there a "Here's who and what socialists should vote for" guide?
Definitely should have seen some indication on the online tracker. I dropped mine off on Monday and checked today. Said it was at the post office. Maybe give it til the end of the week. If still nothing contact the appropriate people.This might be the completely wrong place to ask this but maybe someone has some insight.
I live in the valley, and I dropped off my ballot in an official ballot drop box about a week ago.
My online ballot tracker has shown no update as far as being collected, received, counted, or anything like that.
Does anyone know how often or when ballots are collected from the drop off locations? Everything online points toward being daily or very routinely.
Appreciate the write-up on this.Hello Everyone, I just need to speak about Prop 25 because i am very passionate about this.
PLEASE VOTE NO ON Prop 25!!! I am a public defender and i can't tell you how bad this prop is going to be for my indigent clients. The ACLU recently switched to NO on 25 as have numerous other civil rights organizations.
Prop 25 will give judges almost unlimited discretion to incarcerate people pretrial. They are going to lean towards incarceration because it allows them to pressure defendants to give up their right to a defense and enter guilty pleas. It's really fucked up, but people will do anything to get out of custody, even when they are innocent. I can tell you first hand, these judges will absolutely use this leverage at every opportunity they get.
Prop 25 also lets judges set no bail holds, which result in MORE people incarcerated and MORE people pleading guilty with lifelong consequences. One of the greatest powers we have for plea-bargaining is the threat of taking a case to trial. It helps us avoid these life-long consequences for misdemeanor cases by allowing us to negotiate for pleas that will allow our clients to move forward with their lives.
Finally, Prop 25 uses risk-assessment to determine eligibility for release from pretrial custody. These risk assessments are almost always used to form profiles that disparately impact minorities and poor people and are usually based off race, poverty and age. It doesn't let people's individual cases be seen for themselves, but instead through "profiles" that can be total bullshit.
So PLEASE, vote no on Prop 25 and tell all your progressive friends to do the same. We all want to see an end to the current cash-bail system, but this is NOT that and instead is going to lead to even MORE injustice and take us steps back when a bunch of people are under the false impression that it's a step forward.
I'm seeing a lot of "No on 16" and a few "No on 15-19" signs in my area. I'm starting to think these won't pass.
It's pure selfishness. "Fuck all these newcomers; protect my business!"I cannot believe the "they're coming for Prop 13 so homeowners vote against it" is actually a thing. I can understand no on 19 and the reasoning behind it, I cannot understand no on 15. Do people feel the small business provisions there are not enough? Every new business is at an instant disadvantage on property tax rates alone to established businesses.
I think it's that, plus they like the flexibility of working (or not working) whenever they feel like it, for as long as they want. One distinct difference between a contractor and an employee is that the employer cannot tell the former what to do as long as the job gets done.
Are you specifically a driver, though? Because this exemption only covers Uber/Lyft/etc.exactly
I am as liberal as they come and I've done "gig work" for months and know many others who do as well (even more so with COVID) and none of us want to be classified as "employees" at all. While some might say "getting paid less than min wage" it's simply not true in many scenarios. Most of the time it's much higher and gives the full flexibility of family & work life balance.
Are you specifically a driver, though? Because this exemption only covers Uber/Lyft/etc.
For non-drivers, it also puts food on the table, since the gig workers deliver the food. That's actually one of the reasons I think 22 will pass: people aren't going to risk having their delivery fees increased and/or lose out on these services to vote for nebulous, long term benefits for people who aren't even themselves.yes
TBH I don't know another driver that is for the prop (anecdotal sure)
and for a lot of drivers, "gig work" has put food on the table during COVID.
For non-drivers, it also puts food on the table, since the gig workers deliver the food. That's actually one of the reasons I think 22 will pass: people aren't going to risk having their delivery fees increased and/or lose out on these services to vote for nebulous, long term benefits for people who aren't even themselves.
I feel like the 15% don't remember responses on 22 are shy "I'm voting progressive everywhere else but don't want my uber/doordash to get more expensive/slower" voters. I'm not confident about defeating that.Just did an online exit poll after my ballot was received.
14,000 respondents:
Joe Biden with 85%
Trump with 12%
Adam Schiff is the favorite to replace Harris should she become Vice President
14 - 55% Yes
15 - 55% Yes
16 - 50/50
17 - 70% Yes
18 - 60% Yes
19 - 65% No
20 - 33% Yes-----33% No----33% Don't Remember
21 - 40% Yes-----40% No----20% Don't Remember
22 - 40% Yes-----45% No----15% Don't Remember
23 - 50% No
24 - 40 % Yes-----25% No----35% Don't Remember
25 - 55% Yes
I feel like the 15% don't remember responses on 22 are shy "I'm voting progressive everywhere else but don't want my uber/doordash to get more expensive/slower" voters. I'm not confident about defeating that.
hell Yes: 23
Davita won last time in 2016,. Let's not do that again
Why voting NO on Prop 24 matters
- Prop 24 removes the existing ability for a consumer to direct all companies to not sell their personal information with one instruction. Instead, consumers will have to direct each individual website and app to do so. This puts an impossible burden on consumers.
- Prop 24 removes the existing prohibition on companies from tracking a consumer's data once an individual leaves the state boundary.
- Prop 24 requires consumers to pay for privacy, disproportionately affect working people and families of color. California should maintain net neutrality so people do not have to pay for companies to safeguard their personal information.
- Prop 24 would create a new state agency to exclusively oversee and enforce consumer privacy. Adding a new agency that costs an estimated $100 annually is pointless when the power to enforce new consumer privacy rights is built into the position of the State Attorney General and the justice department.
- Prop 24 is written to make it extremely hard for legislators to pass new legislation regulating consumer privacy in the future.
California Propositions Discussion for 2020 Election
Marking up my Voter Info Guide now... YES on 14-19 NO on 20 YES on 21 NO on 22 ...and then I'm confused. I have NO on 24 currently, because the initiative is being pushed by tech companies, and there might be loopholes to these "expanded privacy rules"? Prop 23, I honestly don't know. Open to...www.resetera.com
prop 19: more tax breaks to older homeowners, who are overwhelmingly white
no thanks
Even the voting guide in my DSA chapter was split, but I think ultimately no on prop 25 is the best. The only reason to vote yes seemed to be "well, we can make it better later." meanwhile LA DSA was a hard no.
My DSA chapter was also split on this but I really had a hard time thinking about the benefits of this (unless you're old and white lol), especially with how huge of a problem this sort of thing is in California.
so prop 19 is really two different things in one - a tax break for some and a tax increase for other. it's bankrolled by realtor groups.
the first is a tax break for older homebuyers so that they can pay lower property taxes when they move to a newer, more expensive residence. i hate this and that's why i'm voting no. essentially the same measure was also on the ballot 2 years ago as proposition 5 which was soundly defeated. most people who would be eligible for tax breaks under prop 19 are white even though less than half of household heads in california are white. https://calbudgetcenter.org/resources/california-proposition-19-property-tax-scheme/
the second is a tax increase for children who inherit their parents homes and use the properties as an investment vehicle. i'm fine with this. if this second part was a standalone ballot measure i would vote for it. of course, such a ballot measure would be soundly defeated as well. including this tax increase is the realtors' attempt to make the prop 5 more palatable for this second go around
I dropped mine off at one. Took about a week for it to be counted.Anyone else drop off their ballot at a Dropbox? Roughly how long does it take for them to register it as received? I dropped mine on Monday. How long should I wait until I start worrying?
I dropped mine off at one. Took about a week for it to be counted.
Ugh, 24 being a yes.14 - 55% Yes
15 - 55% Yes
16 - 50/50
17 - 70% Yes
18 - 60% Yes
19 - 65% No
20 - 33% Yes-----33% No----33% Don't Remember
21 - 40% Yes-----40% No----20% Don't Remember
22 - 40% Yes-----45% No----15% Don't Remember
23 - 50% No
24 - 40 % Yes-----25% No----35% Don't Remember
25 - 55% Yes
Thanks for reminding me I had recent results.
So a friend of mine's ballot was challenged and then rejected. Anything they can do about that? Can they submit another ballot?
So a friend of mine's ballot was challenged and then rejected. Anything they can do about that? Can they submit another ballot?
I'm reading the list of CA GOP endorsements and on prop 20 they say:
"Yes on Prop 20 – Strengthens Penalties for Violent Crimes"
The text of the measure states that it's for non-violent crimes?? Am I missing something here????
Misdemeanors and wobblers would be classified as felonies. Just check ballotpedia and see who backs it. LolI'm reading the list of CA GOP endorsements and on prop 20 they say:
"Yes on Prop 20 – Strengthens Penalties for Violent Crimes"
The text of the measure states that it's for non-violent crimes?? Am I missing something here????
15 and 19 passing would be something special lol.Results so far (via NPR)
14: Yes (52%)
15: Split 50/50
16: No (54%)
17: Yes (61%)
18: No (53%)
19: Yes (52%)
20: No (61%)
21: No (57%)
22: Yes (57%)
23: No (63%)
24: Yes (57%)
25: No (54%)