2018 Midterm Elections

[loomis41973]

Our campaign polling and another outside polling company has Mike Braun ahead by 4-5 points. Working around the clock to kick this worthless Joe Donnelly out of office.

 

[NorthDakota]

Our campaign polling and another outside polling company has Mike Braun ahead by 4-5 points. Working around the clock to kick this worthless Joe Donnelly out of office.

Rock the vote Indiana GOP! Lets gooooooooooo!

 

[loomis41973]

Ron DeSanctis's wife is hot.

Yes, she is.

 

[ab2cmiller]

Our campaign polling and another outside polling company has Mike Braun ahead by 4-5 points. Working around the clock to kick this worthless Joe Donnelly out of office.

Donnelly - Braun polling appears to be all over the place. Fox News just released a poll showing Donnelly +7. Two other polls released in the last week had Braun +3 and +4. I don't have any clue which direction this is going.

 

[connor_in]

 

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[Irish YJ]

Oprah live in GA stumping for Stacey Abrams. Started out by bragging she's an independent. Then went on to compliment every facet of Abram's platform... Abrams is about as lib as a southern lib can be. She certainly doesn't sound like an independent while cheer leading every liberal policy possible. Wonder if she's giving out free cars?

 

[Legacy]

The Bush-appointed and Senate confirmed federal judge, Julie Robinson, who found no voter fraud in Kansas and sanctioned Kobach is a "lib/activist"? Probably hid behind her extensive Bankruptcy experience waiting to jump out and exercise her latent political agenda. Bio

Someone probably came to this conclusion from a list that some talk show host had. Kobach was found in contempt of court. Federal judge finds Kris Kobach in contempt of court in voting rights case

Robinson: “The Court is troubled by Defendant’s failure to take responsibility for violating this Court’s orders, and for failing to ensure compliance over an issue that he explicitly represented to the Court had been accomplished.”
“Defendant has a history of noncompliance with the preliminary injunction order. He not only willfully failed to comply with the preliminary injunction for five months, but then only partially complied in October 2016 upon the threat of contempt.”
I don't believe he was disbarred, but that would not be a terrible loss due to his contempt for judicial rulings.

Back to voting,
(From Idaho) Serving Up Ballots with ‘Food Truck Voting’ in areas with a high concentration of voters, including spots near some of the county’s largest employers and hospitals and to alleviate long lines at some polling places.
(From West Virginia) WV's Secure Mobile Voting Application (95% of Americans own cell phones, though the app was created for WV military serving overseas)
(From New Mexico) Mobile unit brings ballot box to senior facilities
(from Illinois) Kane County's unique mobile vote RV makes a stop in Elgin

A record 44% of US employers will give their workers paid time off to vote this year

Voting Barriers Encountered by Native Americans in
Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada and South Dakota
Survey Research Report

23 million early voters so far.
Early voting is blowing the doors off this midterm election, but it's unclear what that means for Tuesday

 

[Irish YJ]

-Lib was the word used by the KS metro news, activist by the WA Examiner... and many other sources.
-"No fraud", is not what she found. Her ruling was was that Kobach did not prove that, the fraud they did find, was not massive, or the "tip of the iceberg"...
-She also disallowed additional evidence
-And just so you know what the political climate is in KS courts (state and fed), have a read... https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/02/...tices-rulings-gop-seeks-to-reshape-court.html not liberal? LOL

The Bush-appointed and Senate confirmed federal judge, Julie Robinson, who found no voter fraud in Kansas and sanctioned Kobach is a "lib/activist"? Probably hid behind her extensive Bankruptcy experience waiting to jump out and exercise her latent political agenda. Bio

Someone probably came to this conclusion from a list that some talk show host had. Kobach was found in contempt of court. Federal judge finds Kris Kobach in contempt of court in voting rights case

Robinson: “The Court is troubled by Defendant’s failure to take responsibility for violating this Court’s orders, and for failing to ensure compliance over an issue that he explicitly represented to the Court had been accomplished.”
“Defendant has a history of noncompliance with the preliminary injunction order. He not only willfully failed to comply with the preliminary injunction for five months, but then only partially complied in October 2016 upon the threat of contempt.”
I don't believe he was disbarred, but that would not be a terrible loss due to his contempt for judicial rulings.

Back to voting,
(From Idaho) Serving Up Ballots with ‘Food Truck Voting’ in areas with a high concentration of voters, including spots near some of the county’s largest employers and hospitals and to alleviate long lines at some polling places.
(From West Virginia) WV's Secure Mobile Voting Application (95% of Americans own cell phones, though the app was created for WV military serving overseas)
(From New Mexico) Mobile unit brings ballot box to senior facilities
(from Illinois) Kane County's unique mobile vote RV makes a stop in Elgin

A record 44% of US employers will give their workers paid time off to vote this year

Voting Barriers Encountered by Native Americans in
Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada and South Dakota
Survey Research Report

23 million early voters so far.
Early voting is blowing the doors off this midterm election, but it's unclear what that means for Tuesday

 

[connor_in]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Outstanding <a href="https://t.co/nDh0P3ymBo">pic.twitter.com/nDh0P3ymBo</a></p>— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) <a href="https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/1058206891074043905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Legacy]

-Lib was the word used by the KS metro news, activist by the WA Examiner... and many other sources.
-"No fraud", is not what she found. Her ruling was was that Kobach did not prove that, the fraud they did find, was not massive, or the "tip of the iceberg"...
-She also disallowed additional evidence
-And just so you know what the political climate is in KS courts (state and fed), have a read... https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/02/...tices-rulings-gop-seeks-to-reshape-court.html not liberal? LOL

Lib/activist was the term used by Brownback, reported by the media.

Second, Robinson is a federal judge, who determined whether Kobach's voting restrictions were constitutional and in accordance with federal law, specifically the Voting Rights Act.She could only be recalled by Congress. I agree no voting fraud was found despite Kobach's attempt to provide unsubstantial and irrelevant information. His whole behavior in court and his actions led to his sanctions.

Third, the NY Times article you posted does reflect some politicians' viewpoint and statements in 2016, but that does not make them true. 2016 was an election year for state judges for retention. I would guess you are familiar with the term "activist judges" which is a lightning rod term for many and a political ploy by Brownback. Kansans voted to retain all four of the Supreme Court judges. Kansas is a red, red state. If anything, Kansans may have perceived Brownback's attempts as an undermining of the judicial decisions which were consistent with their constitutions and which he did not like and the judicial system.

Fourth, Kansans were beginning to tire of Brownback and his failed trickle down economics that had left huge deficits and inadequate funding for their educational system, which landed him in state court. The lawsuit was brought by state educational districts based on the state's constitutional obligations to provide "adequate funding" for schools.
It found that the state failed to provide roughly one-fourth of its public school students with basic math and reading skills. It was estimated that Kansas schools would need $1 billion dollars to meet that obligation. The court ruled that "The State has not met the adequacy requirement in Article 6 of the Kansas Constitution." The legislature came up with $600 million with bipartisan support, but did not address where that would come from. Brownback landed back in court to explain the financing plan. A legislature's bill was passed with veto-proof majority or the schools would have The Supreme Court has previously ruled that

the Legislature must meet two tests to satisfy a state constitutional mandate to provide “suitable” education funding:

▪ It must be adequate, meaning that there’s enough total money in the system for schools to provide a quality education.

▪ And it must be equitable, meaning that state resources are allocated to give poor children the opportunity to obtain an education of roughly similar quality to what’s provided in wealthy districts.

Fifth, I agree that the federal judge found Kobach did not provide any indication of voter fraud, was provided ample opportunity to present his case. He delayed, offered irrelevant and unsubstantial "evidence" and failed to follow his obligations all of which landed him back in court in the contempt of court hearing.

Finally, politicians may not like and may fight our system of checks and balances and rale against other branches. They even may not like the citizens speaking loud and clear with their votes. Deal with it.

 

[Irish YJ]

Here's from the ACLU's site. Their words, not mine. Note that they do not say that fraud does not occur. They actually list the numbers. They just call it isolated instances. What it does not say, is that the numbers only come from investigating the data of a handful of counties, but try to compare a few county's numbers, to the overall population of voters in KS...

So, per the ACLU.... fraud has occurred, they just don't agree with his measures. His measures, were closing a loophole, that allows for people to register to vote via the license branch, without providing proof of citizenship. What alternative approach (ACLU's words, not mine) can stop illegals from registering, if they are not required to provide proof of citizenship?

https://www.aclu.org/blog/voting-rights/trial-against-kobach-kicks-heres-what-you-should-know

Two of Kobach’s witnesses, Brian Caskey, Kansas Director of Elections, and Tabitha Lehman, the Sedgwick County Election Commissioner, stated that since 2000, Kansas has identified 127 individuals — out of 1.8 million voters -- whom they believe were non-citizens at the time that they registered or “attempted” to register to vote. Of those 127 people identified over the last 18 years, 43 appeared to have successfully registered to vote in Kansas and only 11 appeared to have actually cast a ballot.

Instead of using alternative approaches to prevent isolated instances likes this – 11 -- Kansas passed a law which disenfranchised tens of thousands of people. As Dale Ho put it in his opening, “Enforcing this law is like taking a bazooka to a fly. The collateral damage is thousands.”

Lib/activist was the term used by Brownback, reported by the media.

Second, Robinson is a federal judge, who determined whether Kobach's voting restrictions were constitutional and in accordance with federal law, specifically the Voting Rights Act.She could only be recalled by Congress. I agree no voting fraud was found despite Kobach's attempt to provide unsubstantial and irrelevant information. His whole behavior in court and his actions led to his sanctions.

Third, the NY Times article you posted does reflect some politicians' viewpoint and statements in 2016, but that does not make them true. 2016 was an election year for state judges for retention. I would guess you are familiar with the term "activist judges" which is a lightning rod term for many and a political ploy by Brownback. Kansans voted to retain all four of the Supreme Court judges. Kansas is a red, red state. If anything, Kansans may have perceived Brownback's attempts as an undermining of the judicial decisions which were consistent with their constitutions and which he did not like and the judicial system.

Fourth, Kansans were beginning to tire of Brownback and his failed trickle down economics that had left huge deficits and inadequate funding for their educational system, which landed him in state court. The lawsuit was brought by state educational districts based on the state's constitutional obligations to provide "adequate funding" for schools.
It found that the state failed to provide roughly one-fourth of its public school students with basic math and reading skills. It was estimated that Kansas schools would need $1 billion dollars to meet that obligation. The court ruled that "The State has not met the adequacy requirement in Article 6 of the Kansas Constitution." The legislature came up with $600 million with bipartisan support, but did not address where that would come from. Brownback landed back in court to explain the financing plan. A legislature's bill was passed with veto-proof majority or the schools would have The Supreme Court has previously ruled that

Fifth, I agree that the federal judge found Kobach did not provide any indication of voter fraud, was provided ample opportunity to present his case. He delayed, offered irrelevant and unsubstantial "evidence" and failed to follow his obligations all of which landed him back in court in the contempt of court hearing.

Finally, politicians may not like and may fight our system of checks and balances and rale against other branches. They even may not like the citizens speaking loud and clear with their votes. Deal with it.

 

[Irish YJ]

Not really a big fan, and to an extent hate some of Trump's style at rallies. After listening to Obama's holier than thou moral superior pulpit like style while stumping today in FL, I don't hate Trump's style as much.

 

[Irish YJ]

FB pulled Blackburn's Pro-Life spots..... finally put them back up... Funny, but I have never heard of lib ads being rejected or pulled from FB.

 

[NorthDakota]

FB pulled Blackburn's Pro-Life spots..... finally put them back up... Funny, but I have never heard of lib ads being rejected or pulled from FB.

Heitkamp and the DNC spread fake news on facebook telling ND voters they wouldn't be able to hunt out of state anymore if they voted in this election. LMAO every time this dumb broad does something at this point I say, "This is it...she's finally tried everything." Then she goes and does something else. It's so sad. I honestly don't know if she will ever live in North Dakota again.

 

[Irish YJ]

Heitkamp and the DNC spread fake news on facebook telling ND voters they wouldn't be able to hunt out of state anymore if they voted in this election. LMAO every time this dumb broad does something at this point I say, "This is it...she's finally tried everything." Then she goes and does something else. It's so sad. I honestly don't know if she will ever live in North Dakota again.

I saw that.... I can't believe it's not been reported more. That's about a weak as you can get.

 

[NorthDakota]

I saw that.... I can't believe it's not been reported more. That's about a weak as you can get.

 

[Irish YJ]

Heitkamp Suppressing Voters

NPC Legacy: Hunters with guns aren't people. Orange Man Bad

NPC Eddy: The Hunters OR not under the jurisdiction. Orange Man Bad

 

[ab2cmiller]

I received this mailer encouraging people to vote for the Libertarian candidate last week and didn’t notice that it was from the Democratic Party. I received another one today.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Received this today. Designed to pull votes from Mike Braun and toward Lucy Brenton. So dishonorable. <a href="https://twitter.com/AttyAbdul?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AttyAbdul</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/braun4indiana?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@braun4indiana</a> <a href="https://t.co/ODE6kbDij3">pic.twitter.com/ODE6kbDij3</a></p>— Michael Krosschell (@micro_shells) <a href="https://twitter.com/micro_shells/status/1056334300306726917?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 27, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[Irish YJ]

I received this mailer encouraging people to vote for the Libertarian candidate last week and didn’t notice that it was from the Democratic Party. I received another one today.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Received this today. Designed to pull votes from Mike Braun and toward Lucy Brenton. So dishonorable. <a href="https://twitter.com/AttyAbdul?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AttyAbdul</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/braun4indiana?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@braun4indiana</a> <a href="https://t.co/ODE6kbDij3">pic.twitter.com/ODE6kbDij3</a></p>— Michael Krosschell (@micro_shells) <a href="https://twitter.com/micro_shells/status/1056334300306726917?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 27, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

and some think the Russians are bad...

 

[NorthDakota]

Heitkamp Suppressing Voters

NPC Legacy: Hunters with guns aren't people. Orange Man Bad

NPC Eddy: The Hunters OR not under the jurisdiction. Orange Man Bad

 

[Irish YJ]

 

[NorthDakota]

EDDY AND LEGACY WANT HIS VOTE SILENCED

 

[Irish YJ]

EDDY AND LEGACY WANT HIS VOTE SILENCED

and these?

 

[Irish YJ]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING NEWS: Democrat-supporting women strip off for photo shoot called 'Grab Them By The Ballot' in an attempt to persuade people to vote against Republicans. They're hoping the images will encourage people to vote on November 6. <a href="https://t.co/ydZw1KVdHe">pic.twitter.com/ydZw1KVdHe</a></p>— Dave Vescio (@DaveVescio) <a href="https://twitter.com/DaveVescio/status/1058068241057116160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 1, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Irish#1]

This is getting looney.

 

[Irish YJ]

This is getting looney.

 

[Irish YJ]

What if women went on a sex strike before the midterms?
https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/02/opin...-strike-before-the-midterms-martin/index.html

lol. so many things wrong with this article from CNN

 

[ACamp1900]

Want to know how to turn a disenchanted middle of the road wanderer into an “at all costs” anti lib??? This shit is how....