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🧵Welp. It’s another #electionday in #virginia. In our 11th congressional district, the sitting representative, Gerry Connolly, died while in office. So today is a special election to fill that seat. For a few months of the current administration’s turmoil, I have had no rep on Congress at all.

I’m an #electionofficer in Fairfax County and I’ll be live posting during the #election day. I expect it to be sleepy.

I’ll make the whole thread replies to this post. And I’ll tag it all #electionofficer. So you can use that to either tune in or tune out as it suits you.

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On Putin’s advice, Trump launches assault on mail-in ballots and voting machines

President Trump said Monday he would renew his assault on mail-in voting after Russia’s autocratic leader, Vladimir Putin,…
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Cats have always had the vote. They usually (except for Larry) keep a low political profile; most elections the feline turnout is negligible but somehow—the Cat Democracy System I guess—they universally decided that /this/ election was not to be trusted to the hoomams’ incompetence. Of course, no cat would ever stoop to being a candidate (that’s what staff are for!), but seeing them leap up on the booth and hold those tiny pencils in their beans is restoring my faith in civilisation.

Congratulations to Canada.Your election has demonstrated to the world that democracy AND civility can co-exist. The winners of your election have shown unity and strength, as well as humility in understanding how the citizenry did not agree with their stance in every case. The parties and candidates that did not win showed understanding that their responsibility did not end at the election. Rather they need to work with the other parties to make their nation better. #Canada #news #electionday