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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.
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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.
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 07 2018, @04:10PM
There's a huge difference. Obama didn't have the Democratic members of congress refusing to investigate things up until that point. We know that Trump is crooked and there's been numerous instances where the House or Senate would normally issue subpoenas of him and close associates to try and determine the truth.
That hasn't happened due to record breaking obstruction by the GOP politicians that were in control of those various committees.
They may have kept the Senate this election year, but now that the Democrats have subpoena power, I wouldn't assume that the corruption is going to remain buried. There's numerous people who should be under investigation in both chambers for questionable behavior. And with the House going to the Democrats, you better believe that Kavanaugh may finally get a chance to "clear his name" when the Democrats get to decide whether to impeach him. Who knows, but the process does involve subpoenas and investigation and will almost certainly find whatever it is that the GOP Senators were afraid would come to light.
Even without abusing their power, there's almost certainly enough stuff that can come to light to make it impossible for the GOP to matain control of the Senate, just probalby not enough to get the 60 votes needed to remove Trump or Kavanaugh from office.