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rachelmanija) wrote2018-11-12 10:17 am
rachelmanija) wrote2018-11-12 10:17 am
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Further Adventures in Volunteering
What I thought I'd be doing today, tomorrow, and the next day: writing.
What I will actually be doing: Monitoring people counting ballots for the CA-39 Congressional election, which is still undecided.
If you live in SoCal and would like to get involved, email electionprotection@cisnerosforcongress.com. I believe they're also looking for ballot chasers to verify provisional ballots.
This is Gil Cisneros (Democrat, Navy vet, philanthropist via winning a $266 million lottery!) vs. Young Kim (Republican state legislator.) Young Kim is not the worst Republican out there - she supports DACA, for instance - but she also opposes the Affordable Care Act and marriage equality, so "not the worst" is a pretty low bar. Gil Cisneros has an excellent set of positions, comprehensive and specific - check out the detailed versions of his plans to protect the rights of women and LGBTQ people, for instance.
He's a great candidate and the only reasons I was primarily working for Katie Hill rather than him were that I thought Katie's was more of a tossup and so I could make more of a difference, her opponent was worse, and her district was closer to where I live.
Young Kim is currently leading by 2000 votes, but they still haven’t counted 83,000 ballots!
I have never been involved in this part of an election before, so hopefully it will be interesting, worth doing, and not a total clusterfuck. I will report back.
What I will actually be doing: Monitoring people counting ballots for the CA-39 Congressional election, which is still undecided.
If you live in SoCal and would like to get involved, email electionprotection@cisnerosforcongress.com. I believe they're also looking for ballot chasers to verify provisional ballots.
This is Gil Cisneros (Democrat, Navy vet, philanthropist via winning a $266 million lottery!) vs. Young Kim (Republican state legislator.) Young Kim is not the worst Republican out there - she supports DACA, for instance - but she also opposes the Affordable Care Act and marriage equality, so "not the worst" is a pretty low bar. Gil Cisneros has an excellent set of positions, comprehensive and specific - check out the detailed versions of his plans to protect the rights of women and LGBTQ people, for instance.
He's a great candidate and the only reasons I was primarily working for Katie Hill rather than him were that I thought Katie's was more of a tossup and so I could make more of a difference, her opponent was worse, and her district was closer to where I live.
Young Kim is currently leading by 2000 votes, but they still haven’t counted 83,000 ballots!
I have never been involved in this part of an election before, so hopefully it will be interesting, worth doing, and not a total clusterfuck. I will report back.