Against a deadline to qualify for public campaign dollars, City Councilwoman Eneida Martinez and ex councilman Tyler Mack were approved Friday afternoon by the State Elections Enforcement Commission to spend equally versus their respective opponents for the legislature in the August 13 Democratic primaries.
For Martinez about $30,000 against State House incumbent Andre Baker and for Mack roughly $110,000 against three opponents to replace a retiring State Senator Marilyn Moore in the Bridgeport, Trumbull, Monroe 22nd District.
Constitutional law professor Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox, City Councilman Scott Burns and former Mayor Bill Finch fill out the field with Mack.
Martinez versus Baker covers the East Side, East End Beardsley, Dunbar, Harding and JFK precincts.
Candidates for state representative must raise $5,800 from at least 150 individuals residing in municipalities in their districts; for state senate $17,300 from at least 300 individuals residing in municipalities in their districts to receive the public dollars under Connecticut’s Citizens Election Program.
Is this a democrat thing, or should I say an anti-democracy thing? Lennie take a poll. 🙂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXdmq_pTr8A
My bad wrong thread 🙂
RT has posted a cartoon segment presenting the opinions supposedly based on research, rather than political philosophy, by a group originally from Florida in 2011, the retreat from reality for Donald Trump while waiting for court dates and campaign encounters. More than 55 smiling faces, mostly young, greet you when you seek a familiar identity but no further demographics are provided with those images.
Ranked choice voting provides an opportunity for more than two candidates for an office to run and allow multiple positions on platform and policies to be presented to voters. Thus voting causes thoughts about issues facing the community, and allows alternatives to be presented to the voters, with the ballot totaling mechanism to find those issues and positions addressed by candidates running to office. What is wrong with that? Eligible and registered voters, currently, who may be clueless about substantial issues facing the community, may get informed about how the rest of the community is looking at issues from such results. Is it a problem to have more than one or two votes in an election year? With less emphasis on pictures of candidates, and more specific focus on policy and philosophy? Civic engagement? Yes. Time will tell.
But it had the word “accountability” in it 🤣
What is wrong with that/it ? from my perspective Rank voting seems to subvert democracy at its core. First, the vote/democracy was/will/is being subverted when a person who won an election with the most votes was denied the victory because they didn’t meet the threshold of 50 % of the total votes and then the two top candidates had a run-off/new elections.
With rank, voting goes one step further, bypassing any run-off elections.
But at its core, I would have today it is more about subverting an election by giving the Democratic Party who would benefit from such a voting system. I mean most, if not all third parties are democratic in nature like the Working Family Part.
While CT does have a strong Independent Party and has elected a Republican Governor at times it may not be as disproportionate. Thought time may change that.
That being said. Considering the CT Republicans threw in the towel and rigged the elections for Lamont, twice. Does it really F-ing matter people? I mean AKA Walter. 🤣
My Bad Bob, S I mean AKA Walter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5z9VZO–G4
You mention accountability and assume, I guess, that it is enought to mention the word itself, as if that provides “accountability”. It does not. Who posted the cartoon segment? What is their funding, their purpose, and whom have they appointed to provide further info to the public?
And when you, RT, have a continuing question or dispute, to whom do you go to for enforcement of “accountability”? Perhaps you conclude that the use of the word contradicts the activity or behavior of the group?
And who is a Republican at this moment? In Connecticut, or throughout the country? Are you confusing the eligible registered voters who declare NO PARTY memberships, and are therefore declared UNAFFILIATED with the much smaller number who have aligned with a party using the word INDEPENDENT in its name? What are platforms and party-lines for each group? To whom or what do you bow down, salute, or otherwise use as a leader of the highest partisan interest in supporting active democracy for you, your children, and future generations? Time will tell.
Perhaps, I see no reason to lie. Though, lying is part of our nature. hence the happy/laughing face. 🤣
I can’t speak on who, their funding, or purpose, well outside of being against the rank voting system.
No don’t think the use of the word “accountability” contradicts the content of the cartoon’s depiction of rank voting. Though, perhaps it contradicts your position on the subject matter.
The R’s I mentioned is the Republican Party, particularly the R’s in and its voters. Though perhaps they have a guiding hand from the RNC and their donors.
There are no words on this green earth 🌎 that are going to convince me that the R’s/votes didn’t rig the election for Lamont, twice by first nomination Bob S for Mark G., give those independent and unaffiliated much of a choice. 🙂
And they tanked the second election by having Mark B give up his mayorship to join the Lamonts administration and nominate Bob again. 🙂 JS
To what platform and party lines do I bow down, and salute? To whom I deem is right. even a broken clock is right twice a day. 🙂
Are you saying you blindly go, bow down, and salute?
The word of the day by Tony Montana. “Accountability”
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EkWbPJkg_lc
My bad, 🙂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dP2BJsqXeQ