Southern Arizona General Election 2020 early results – updated
November 3, 2020
Since this is an unprecedented year (with the COVID-19 pandemic) and lots of people predict close races, I will not be reporting on the Southern Arizona General Election results in detail, with vote tallies. Depending on the situation on November 3rd, I may just list who’s leading (at the moment), in the Democratic attempt to
Federal Judge Orders USPS To Sweep Facilities For Ballots To Deliver
November 3, 2020
People have got to go to prison over this. Interfering with the mail, and interfering with ballots are both felonies. And failing to comply with a court order is contempt of court. This was a systematic attempt to interfere with mail-in ballots. And it came from the top. CNN reports: USPS reports another drop in
Republican Voter Suppression Is Entangled With Virulent Trumpism
November 3, 2020
As the 2020 general election process comes completes the voting phase of its protracted course, I have been left like most of my fellow Democrats, wondering about what’s next, and hoping that the course forward will be in the hands of the voters without undue interference. A column by opinion writer Catherine Rampell in today’s
Election Day: Vote Like Your Life Depends On It, Because It Does
November 3, 2020
It’s finally here! Election Day. If you have not yet voted, go vote like your life depends on it – because it does. Indicative of nothing, Joe Biden was the first presidential candidate to sweep the general election vote in Dixville Notch since the midnight voting tradition began there in 1960. In midnight vote, Biden
My Hesitant 2020 Election Prediction: 1980 Upside Down
November 3, 2020
I’ve had this hunch for months, but have held off going public with it, for fear of doing anything to contribute to a feeling of overconfidence. I suspect others have had the same feeling. I even fought against being overconfident myself. I increased my level of contributions several hundred percent. I spent time canvassing, a
‘Texodus’ Is For Real: Late GOP Voter Suppression Effort Rejected By The Courts
November 2, 2020
Texas historically has been the worst among the 50 states in voter turnout because of long-standing Jim Crow systematic voter disenfranchisement and voter suppression. But something truly remarkable has been happening in Texas this year that could mark a sea change in American politics, if not this year, then in the very near future. The




