Tag: SCDP
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Lawsuits, Locations, and Left Behind Voters
The Shelby County Election Commission is facing two lawsuits over early voting locations. How many voters are they serving and how many are left out?
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Movements and Moonshots
As I noted in my last post the blamestorm made it to Category 5 in record time this year. I think its fair to say that this will continue for a while. That’s not what this post is. See, I’ve written my fair share of denunciations of Democratic Party establishments, from the now defunct SCDP…
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Too broken to bother with?
There are some things in this world that are more disposable than others. When they break, rather than trying to put Humpty back together again, you just discard it. Wine glasses are the weakest link in our home. Hell, probably every home. They’re not really that expensive (if you keep getting the cheap ones) and…
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Bullet Dodged? – Shelby Elections Edition #WrongBallot
This post isn’t about my race at all. It’s too soon for me to write anything remotely coherent about that right now, though I may write a series of very short posts later on. We’ll see. This is about the results of the Primary election in Shelby County from yesterday and how the wrong ballot…
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Dogs and Ponies and Fundraisers, Oh My!
Yesterday, the State Government put out a release about the Governor’s budget tour. Here’s a sample: Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam today announced that portions of the Fiscal Year 2012-2013 budget hearings will take place outside of Nashville so that citizens in East and West Tennessee have an opportunity to attend. Hearings will be held in…
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This Won’t Be Pretty – Redistricting Edition
Even though the State Legislature probably won’t tackle redistricting until next year, right now is the time to start thinking about it. Wednesday night, my buddy and blogfather, Leftwingcracker and I talked to the Germantown Democratic Club about this and other topics. As the CA and other outlets reported last week, Shelby County, and Memphis…