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RandySF

(59,158 posts)
Sun Oct 9, 2022, 08:12 PM Oct 2022

What is the big race or ballot measure where you're voting?

I just completed my California ballot and voted NO on Prop 27 which would legalize online gambling in the state. It's too much temtation for my son who said he won't gamble even if he fancy's himself a sports expert.

What is the big race or ballot measure where you live (local OR statewide).

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What is the big race or ballot measure where you're voting? (Original Post) RandySF Oct 2022 OP
Local: to change zoning to allow "missing middle" housing spooky3 Oct 2022 #1
No on 26 and 27. I'm voting for the right to self determination for all women. onecaliberal Oct 2022 #2
Admiral Michael Franken will BlueGreenLady Oct 2022 #3
Article 22 markie Oct 2022 #4
Lauren Boebert vs Adam Frisch! likesmountains 52 Oct 2022 #5
That's an easy one DFW Oct 2022 #6
NC has a very competitive Senate race dsc Oct 2022 #7
Crist/desantis Lunabell Oct 2022 #8
1 word moonshinegnomie Oct 2022 #9
Dr. Kim Schrier deRien Oct 2022 #10
Calif too.. relishing voting on prop 1.. abortion Demovictory9 Oct 2022 #11
Raphael Warnock for Senate, Stacey Abrams for Governor, Bee Nguyen for Sec of State. crickets Oct 2022 #12
Beto for TX Governor nature-lover Oct 2022 #13
Trying to figure out what the dialysis proposition is about Sympthsical Oct 2022 #14
When in doubt, I say NO Retrograde Oct 2022 #16
American Nurses Association is saying vote NO Sympthsical Oct 2022 #17
Prop 3, aka recreational marijuana. xmas74 Oct 2022 #15

spooky3

(34,467 posts)
1. Local: to change zoning to allow "missing middle" housing
Sun Oct 9, 2022, 08:14 PM
Oct 2022

The county wants to do it; many residents are opposed to rezoning single family house neighborhoods to allow townhouses and apartments.

markie

(22,757 posts)
4. Article 22
Sun Oct 9, 2022, 08:23 PM
Oct 2022

"If passed, Prop 5 will add Article 22 to our state constitution, explicitly enshrining our reproductive rights and preventing future state legislatures from restricting our reproductive autonomy"

https://www.acluvt.org/en/campaigns/reproductive-liberty-amendment-proposal-5-article-22

dsc

(52,166 posts)
7. NC has a very competitive Senate race
Sun Oct 9, 2022, 08:40 PM
Oct 2022

our Supreme Court is up for grabs, also several appeals court judges, plus I live in what was supposed to be a fairly competitive Congressional district but it looks very good for us.

Lunabell

(6,105 posts)
8. Crist/desantis
Sun Oct 9, 2022, 08:42 PM
Oct 2022

And Al Lawson in a gerrymandered district. A historically blue district, mostly African American, gerrymandered by the most hateful, racist group of individuals.

crickets

(25,982 posts)
12. Raphael Warnock for Senate, Stacey Abrams for Governor, Bee Nguyen for Sec of State.
Sun Oct 9, 2022, 09:14 PM
Oct 2022
https://www.savannahnow.com/story/news/2022/09/07/georgia-secretary-state-race-candidates-brad-raffensperger-bee-nguyen-clash/7895145001/
No paywall: https://archive.ph/wip/okloz

Nguyen is the founder of a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating, inspiring and empowering teen girls. She first ran for elected office in 2017, winning the Georgia House seat formerly held by Abrams. She is the first Vietnamese-American to hold a Georgia House seat and served two terms. If the elected secretary of state, she would be the first Asian-American to hold statewide political office in Georgia.

Nguyen’s campaign for secretary of state is grounded in “access, equity, efficiency,” references to the voting reforms enacted during Raffensperger’s tenure that some Georgians argue fosters voter suppression. Nguyen was among the lawmakers to challenge the signature match absentee ballot verification process, which was removed following the 2020 election. She was also a vocal defender of Georgia’s election integrity in the face of Trump’s fraud claims.


https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/23/politics/bee-nguyen-georgia-secretary-state-primary/index.html

Nguyen, the daughter of Vietnamese refugees, has risen swiftly in the state’s Democratic politics. The founder of a youth-focused nonprofit was first elected in late 2017 to fill the Atlanta-area state House seat then held by Stacey Abrams, who was seeking the governorship at the time. Abrams, the 2018 Democratic nominee for governor, is making her second consecutive bid for the office this year.

Nguyen’s victory in a runoff made her the first Asian American woman in the Georgia General Assembly. But Nguyen (pronounced “win”) vaulted to national prominence in December 2020 when a video of her methodical and public takedown of election fraud claims by Trump allies went viral. [snip]

Since announcing her bid last year, Nguyen has racked up national endorsements, including the support of the Democratic Association of Secretaries of State and EMILY’s List, the influential Democratic political committee that backs female abortion-rights candidates.

This month, EMILY’s List gave her the Gabrielle Giffords Rising Star Award, named for the former Arizona Democratic congresswoman and gun-safety advocate. Previous honorees include Abrams.

And just days before the primary, Atlanta’s Mayor Andre Dickens, who scored an upset in last year’s elections, added his backing.



https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/candidate-qa-bee-nguyen-on-her-run-for-georgia-secretary-of-state/

Sympthsical

(9,096 posts)
14. Trying to figure out what the dialysis proposition is about
Sun Oct 9, 2022, 10:07 PM
Oct 2022

Feels like someone's trying to zoom someone. I'll read up on it tomorrow and finish up the ballot.

Retrograde

(10,150 posts)
16. When in doubt, I say NO
Mon Oct 10, 2022, 12:50 AM
Oct 2022

dialysis has been on the ballot several times over the last few years and I can never make sense of what the propositions do or don't do. I vote "No" and tell my assemblyperson to do their job.

Sympthsical

(9,096 posts)
17. American Nurses Association is saying vote NO
Mon Oct 10, 2022, 09:58 AM
Oct 2022

The California Medical association, nurses, and patient advocates are all screaming NO on this one.

Good enough for me.

xmas74

(29,675 posts)
15. Prop 3, aka recreational marijuana.
Mon Oct 10, 2022, 12:05 AM
Oct 2022

I wish we had a few big races but Trudy Busch-Valentine isn't going to beat Eric Schmidt no matter how disgusting he is. The rw eats it up around here.

Prop 3 will pass.

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