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posted by takyon on Wednesday November 07 2018, @12:11AM   Printer-friendly
from the do-the-wave dept.

United States elections, 2018

Maine's ranked-choice voting will be used in a federal general election for the first time, after previously using it in the primary system.

Live coverage at FiveThirtyEight, CNN, NBC, WSJ, Fox, CBSN (video), and Ballotpedia.

2018 Ballot measures

Update: Democrats have taken the House of Representatives, while Republicans have retained control of the Senate.

Georgia's Brian Kemp Opens 'Cyber Crimes' Investigation Into State Democrats, 2 Days Before Election

Georgia Secretary of State and Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp opened an investigation into the state's Democratic Party Sunday, alleging a failed attempt to hack the Georgia voter registration system.

Previously: Exact Match Requirements Eased in Georgia Ahead of Midterms


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  • (Score: 1, Flamebait) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday November 07 2018, @03:16AM (10 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday November 07 2018, @03:16AM (#758810) Journal

    The news feeds are a mess. Every talking head in the country has a comment, but it's too early to call much of anything. One of the races I'm interested in is O'Rourke vs Cruz. I've never much liked Cruz, but this fruitcake from El Paso with the silly nickname? I truly detest this piece of shit. His police record includes burglary. His voting record as a city councilman includes depriving his constituents of their homes, so that his Father in Law could make another few million dollars in "development". And - that nick. He wants someone to believe that he's Mexican? An Irishman with a Mexican nickname.

    Sumbitch is as phoney as a six dollar bill.

    And, virtually all of his campaign money has come from outside the state. Texans aren't paying for his campaign, Californians are.

    Just another sleazeball Democrat.

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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Wednesday November 07 2018, @03:19AM (5 children)

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Wednesday November 07 2018, @03:19AM (#758811) Journal

    They called it in favor of Cruz a few minutes ago. Another 6 years of the human snake.

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    • (Score: 1, Flamebait) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday November 07 2018, @03:33AM (4 children)

      by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday November 07 2018, @03:33AM (#758814) Journal

      Ahhhh - that much is good. Some of the other races are equally important, but I have less interest in any of them. Does that make me a "bad citizen"?

      • (Score: 2) by takyon on Wednesday November 07 2018, @03:35AM (3 children)

        by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Wednesday November 07 2018, @03:35AM (#758817) Journal

        Just remember to swing by my ballot initiatives story tomorrow.

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        • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday November 08 2018, @03:22AM (2 children)

          by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Thursday November 08 2018, @03:22AM (#759285) Journal

          LOL I looked for it, but all I see right now is your sweaty fungus story waiting in the queue.

          The humor in this election as, both sides are trying to cast the results as a win for them. But, there was no blue wave, there was no red wave. The balance of power remains a pretty close thing, with the Dems making a little headway. Again, IMO, this isn't a good thing at the moment. The R's should have made that same headway. This time, at least - I don't want to see the R's holding too much power for very long either. Republicans know how to screw things up quite well, they just have different methods than the D's.

  • (Score: 4, Informative) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Wednesday November 07 2018, @04:13AM

    by MichaelDavidCrawford (2339) Subscriber Badge <mdcrawford@gmail.com> on Wednesday November 07 2018, @04:13AM (#758828) Homepage Journal

    He wasn't arrested for burglary he was arrested for criminal trespass.

    The crime of Burglary requires that one have criminal intent at the point in time one enters a _structure_ - I think anything with a roof would apply. He was arrested for unlawfully climbing a fence. The owner of the property he trespassed on declined to press charges.

    O'Rourke has always openly acknowledge that he drove drunk; his case was dismissed after he completed a DWI class.

    https://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2018/aug/22/silvestre-reyes/beto-orourke-arrested-1990s-burglary-and-dwi/ [politifact.com]

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 07 2018, @05:08AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 07 2018, @05:08AM (#758841)

    Sadly, a really good republican was defeated.

    He came close. Oddly, there was nearly a media blackout on him. This is suspected to have something to do with the fact that his race breaks the leftist narrative of Republicans supposedly being just old white males. He made a pretty respectable attempt at taking down a multi-term incumbent in a state that Trump flipped. That would have receive major news coverage if not for the media bias.

  • (Score: 3, Informative) by jmorris on Wednesday November 07 2018, @07:17AM (1 child)

    by jmorris (4844) on Wednesday November 07 2018, @07:17AM (#758864)

    Even better, look closer at "Beta". While railing against "The Rich" like a good socialist Dim, he is married to a billionaire heiress. Guess where Daddy's fortune is from?

    REAL ESTATE

    That is why he was being groomed for great things, they expected to be able to run him against Trump as another self funder. Like most Democrats he is himself too incompetent to generate real wealth so, like certain other Democrats (John Kerry) we could mention, he married it. Btw I count McCain as a Democrat since he voted that way every time the chips were really down; and his personal wealth was the result of trading his sick first wife for a beer heiress.

    Notice how such an important biographical detail has been kept entirely out of the news, even on Fox. Every other attack on Beta was in bounds , but somehow The Narrative was set that a single topic was off limits and except for ONE article I found the wall of silence held. They would of course have sprung it as soon as Primary season begins.... about now.

    Hopefully we have see the last of the idiot.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 07 2018, @07:42AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 07 2018, @07:42AM (#758870)

      Marrying into money is a form of competency, or good looks if a woman does it.