@SmudgeTheInsultCat and make sure you get out and vote in person if you haven't mailed your absentee ballot!
No joke.
Marine Le Pen's 2027 presidential bid in jeopardy after Paris court bans far-right leader from running for #elections
> This is what Le Pen feared the most.
https://archive.ph/2025.03.31-111052/https://www.lemonde.fr/en/politics/article/2025/03/31/marine-le-pen-s-2027-presidential-bid-in-jeopardy-after-paris-court-bans-far-right-leader-from-running-for-elections_6739692_5.html #FarRight #France #democracy #MarineLePen #LePen #election
"The withdrawal is the latest tangible effect of recent court rulings that experts say make it difficult for coalitions to bring claims on behalf of groups of historically marginalized voters."
Hello Oregon. There is a bill to essentially eliminate vote by mail. It was proposed by a legislator who was a whole 6 years old when Oregon first approved mail in ballots.
You are invited to testify.
They are buying #elections open, shamelessly, in broad daylight.
The #law, #constitution, judges, #democracy - that s all completely a thing of the past.
Judge Crawford for Wisconsin Supreme Court..#Wisconsin..#elections https://www.crawfordforwi.com/
Erdogan arrests his main rival ahead of elections 
, raising serious questions about democracy in Turkey 
. Is this a move to secure power or suppress opposition? 
Read more: https://www.economist.com/europe/2025/03/19/erdogan-arrests-the-candidate-who-could-beat-him #Turkey #Democracy #Elections #oldnewz
"We analyzed every instance of AI use in elections collected by the WIRED AI Elections Project, which tracked known uses of AI for creating political content during elections taking place in 2024 worldwide. In each case, we identified what AI was used for and estimated the cost of creating similar content without AI."
#SayashKapoor, #ArvindNarayanan, Dec 2024
https://www.aisnakeoil.com/p/we-looked-at-78-election-deepfakes
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Over the past nine or so years, I've repeatedly gone on record to describe my frustrating with the way corporate media covers the unhinged fascist shit Trump says as if he's your just drunk uncle who talks about Fox News anti-migrant propaganda over Thanksgiving dinner, and not a guy running for, or serving as, President of the United States. Trump, a man devoid of a sense of humor, will muse about some flatly illegal dictator policies he wants to do in the future, corporate media will report his statements as if they're mere political gaffes, point out that Trump's plan is illegal or otherwise against the rules, and then sit around waiting for him to actually try the horrible nazi crap he is openly saying he wants to do.
There is little to no analysis connecting Trump's stated plans to the actions the regime is taking, and this style of coverage doesn't change much whether he's out of office, or legally enshrined with the powers of the imperial presidency to make his nazi dreams come true. If and when Trump *does* actually try to do the awful fascist nonsense he's been openly promising to do, a media that has all but memory holed his promises to do so acts shocked that Trump's team of nazi rules lawyers have found a Calvinball way to plausibly accomplish their fascist program.
I mention this because even before he was elected president a second time, Trump has been musing about staying on as President after his second (and final, as mandated by the constitution) term is up in 2028. Often this is framed as "running for a third term" but there have been enough ominous hints from Trumpworld that Downmarket Mussolini is not married to the idea of having another election at all, that it's pretty clear the plan is to simply have Trump refuse to leave office, one way or another. Is a mainstream corporate media that has watched Trump try to enact almost every authoritarian policy he promised or even hinted at on the campaign trail, taking this seriously enough? No, it is not; and I'm not sure I expect them to start doing so even now that Trump has directly told an NBC monitor on Meet the Press that he's "not joking" about remaining in office beyond his second term.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/trump-third-term-constitution-2028/
“I’m Not Joking”: Trump Again Floats Running for Anti-Constitutional Third Term
"Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia, said in a post on X that there may be three ways Trump could attempt to “grab” an illegal 3rd term: 1) Ignore the Constitution and dare anyone to stop him. 2) Have GOP-run states just appoint Trump electors since any state not voting Trump is by definition ‘corrupt’. 3) Military coup and martial law—i.e., a successful January 6.”
As I've mentioned before, there seems to be a definite process by which Trump, the regime, and the larger political movement surrounding him manufacture consent and transform ideological propaganda, into state enforced (un)reality, under a presumed mandate that their actions would be legitimate if what Trump says is true, and everything Trump says *is* true because he's president. Typically this involves Trump and his propagandists (like Steve Bannon) repeatedly injecting the idea of a fascist plan, like say to ignore the constitution and remain president after 2028, into the discourse as a hypothetical option, slowly transitioning that musing into the outlines of a plan "we're working on," before ultimately transforming that idea into policy, often via executive order.
Given that Trump has mentioned this in passing multiple times, guys like Bannon have openly talked about the plan to make it a reality going on behind the scenes, and now Trump is telling his base that he's dead serious about doing it, it's probably safe (even for corporate media muppets) to say Trump is actively in the process of trying to make himself president for life, by hook or by crook. And I dunno about you, but that sounds like big news its important to share with the American people in detail, and with an appropriate degree of alarm.
#Trump #Fascism #Dictatorship #2028 #Elections #TermLimits #22ndAmendment #Autocracy #USPol
WE THE PEOPLE in Louisiana REJECTED all of the amendments placed on the ballot by the #nazi party #louisiana #uspol #uspolitics #election #election2025 #elections
"Three weeks after U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner’s death and just over a month before the state’s next uniform election, Gov. Greg Abbott has not yet called a special election to fill the seat representing parts of Houston, a Democratic stronghold, in Congress."
About 773,000 Houstonians will have no representation in Congress for about a year 
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/03/26/greg-abbott-sylverster-turner-democrat-special-election/
#Politics #voters #elections #republicans #alabama
Joyce Vance Voter Suppression
Requiring “voter ID” is one of the oldest plays in the tired Republican playbook of voter suppression that long predated Trump. In fact, putting an ID act in place was the impetus behind the Shelby County v. Holder case that led to the SCOTUS’s 2013 ruling gutting the Voting Rights Act. The Alabama legislature had passed a voter ID act. But ..
https://open.substack.com/pub/joycevance/p/wisconsin-and-strangely-alabama?r=ymxmu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
Trouble in #Trumpland? No wonder they want to restrict #VotingRights !
#Stefanik’s withdrawal suggests #Republicans are sweating their thin margins
By Andrew Howard, Ally Mutnick and Ben Jacobs
03/28/2025 04:45 AM EDT
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/28/stefaniks-withdrawal-suggests-republicans-are-sweating-their-thin-margins-00255984
#Elections #Fascism #Authoritarianism #Resist #TrumpRegrets #USPol
Elon Musk pumps millions into Wisconsin to elect MAGA judge to state supreme court.
#democracy #democrats #USPolitics #elections #elonmusk #resistance
https://www.europesays.com/1953385/ Kevin McCabe: Civic economy, free market, and why the sky isn’t falling #Alaska #campaigns #Economy #elections #News #Politics
#Oklahoma: Oklahoma House Passes Stricter #VoterID, Awaits Senate Scrutiny
By Amelia Claire Grant, March 29, 2025
"The Oklahoma House has given its nod to a new bill that ratchets up voter ID regulations; if you're planning on voting in 2027, you'll need to show a picture of yourself.
"The legislation dubbed House Bill 1005, spearheaded by Rep. Jim Olsen, R-Roland, is now one step closer to becoming law after coasting through the House with significant support, as reported by the Oklahoma House of Representatives' official site.
"Here's the deal: Should #HB1005 get the final thumbs up, Service Oklahoma is going to pair up with the Secretary of the State Election Board and get cracking on providing free photo IDs for voters, because everyone hustling to the polls will need to flash one—this applies whether you’re rocking up to vote in person or opting to mail in an absentee ballot."
Read more:
https://hoodline.com/2025/03/oklahoma-house-passes-stricter-voter-id-bill-awaits-senate-scrutiny/
#VoterDisenfranchisement #Elections #OklahomaPol #USPol #VoterID #VoterIDAct #AbsenteeVoting #AbsenteeBallots #USElections
The Romanian mathematician trying to stop Putin and Trump wrecking the West.
Elon Musk and JD Vance don’t know enough to judge the country’s election crisis, and Trump should be tougher on Putin, says Bucharest Mayor and presidential candidate Nicușor Dan.
#Maine: As Maine eyes voter ID law, Trump order tightens federal registration rules
by Caroline LeCour, March 27, 2025
"As Maine voters eye a statewide voter ID proposal, a new #ExecutiveOrder from President Donald #Trump is adding another layer to the conversation around election integrity and access.
"The order signed Wednesday would require proof of #USCitizenship to register for #FederalElections and mandate that all ballots be received by Election Day—a change from the current system in many states that allows ballots postmarked by Election Day to count if received later.
"Though separate from Maine's voter ID proposal—which addresses identification at the polls rather than registration—some in the state see a common goal.
"'This is a policy, different policies to strengthen our elections, to increase confidence of voters to participate in our democratic process,' #AlexTitcomb, of the grassroots organization The Dinner Table, [a #Conservative #PAC] said. The group spared Maine's voter ID proposal, which was certified by the Maine Secretary of State earlier this year.
"Critics argue that requiring documents many voters may not readily have—especially those whose names may not match across forms of ID—could discourage legitimate voters from participating.
"'A lot of married women have changed their names, some of their documents don't match up,' Jen Lancaster, with the League of Women Voters of Maine, said. 'Maybe they don't have the perfect document, and they get turned away. That's what #VoterSuppression is. It's eligible voters being denied their right to vote.'
"Lancaster says the executive order is likely to face legal challenges, echoing concerns from national #VotingRights organizations."
Read more:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/as-maine-eyes-voter-id-law-trump-order-tightens-federal-registration-rules/ar-AA1BJQb9
#VoterDisenfranchisement #Elections #MainePol #USPol #VoterID #VoterIDAct #LeagueOfWomenVoters #AbsenteeVoting #AbsenteeBallots #VoterID #SAVEAct #USElections
