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Brett Kavanaugh has been confirmed as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. The vote was 50-48 in favor of Kavanaugh.
Senators Collins, Flake, and Manchin had already announced their intentions to confirm Kavanaugh before the vote was held. Senator Lisa Murkowski, who was previously ready to vote "no", agreed to vote "present" instead so that Senator Steve Daines could attend his daughter's wedding instead of being present in the Senate to support Kavanaugh.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 06 2018, @11:11PM (1 child)
All the protests and demonstrations accomplish the same thing in a much more visible way. I suppose ballot write-ins are recorded in the official counts but I doubt they have any real effect on the system. It's not like those in power would ever enact change because more than n% wrote in an invalid protest vote.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 06 2018, @11:58PM
Write-ins have decided elections. Lisa Murkowski won re-election in 2010 purely from write-ins.
Vote third-party or write-in. It shouldn't take you much longer than an hour every 2 years to vote. That's much less commitment needed than any demonstration you could attend.