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Henning Deters<p>Since the <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> Council stopped to publish <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voting</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> in bulk and there seem to be no accessible datasets, I scraped the voting record from the Council's legislative transparency website and uploaded it to the OSF. Enjoy. <a href="https://osf.io/4vn3x/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">osf.io/4vn3x/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>The data starts in December 2009 and ends yesterday (11 March 2025), because that's what the Council makes public.</p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/OpenScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenScience</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EuropeanUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanUnion</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/PoliticalScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalScience</span></a></p>
Prof Medium Dave<p>I knew they would try to do it. The SAVE Act would effectively end voting from abroad—it would disenfranchise me. <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23politics" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23voting" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#voting</a> <a href="https://www.democratsabroad.org/stop_the_save_act" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.democratsabroad.org/stop_the_sav...</a><br><br><a href="https://www.democratsabroad.org/stop_the_save_act" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Stop the SAVE Act</a></p>
Melstrom :mstdn:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@FatherEnoch" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>FatherEnoch</span></a></span> reminds me of that quote from <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/MohamadSafa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MohamadSafa</span></a>: "<a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Voting</span></a> isn't marriage, it's public transport. You're not waiting for "the one". You're getting on the bus. And if there isn't one going directly to your destination, you don't stay home and sulk. You take the one that's going closest to where you want to be."</p>
ahimsa<p>"They missed votes after giving birth. Now they’re pushing to change Congress’ rules"</p><p><a href="https://19thnews.org/2025/03/proxy-voting-congress-discharge-petition/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">19thnews.org/2025/03/proxy-vot</span><span class="invisible">ing-congress-discharge-petition/</span></a></p><p>"Rep. Brittany Pettersen of Colorado, a Democrat, and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida, a Republican, are teaming up on a resolution to allow new parents to represent their constituents by designating another member to vote for them, commonly known as proxy voting, for 12 weeks after welcoming a child"</p><p><a href="https://disabled.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vote</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Voting</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/ProxyVote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProxyVote</span></a></p>
Jeffrey Haas<p>Do you vote in Michigan?<br>Can you unequivocably prove you're a US citizen?<br>If not, perhaps good luck in trying to vote next round.</p><p>Linked, the Michigan House of Reps. issuing a resolution to amend the State Constitution to require proof of citizenship to vote.</p><p><a href="https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/jointresolutionintroduced/House/htm/2025-HIJR-B.htm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">legislature.mi.gov/documents/2</span><span class="invisible">025-2026/jointresolutionintroduced/House/htm/2025-HIJR-B.htm</span></a></p><p><a href="https://a2mi.social/tags/michiganelections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>michiganelections</span></a> <a href="https://a2mi.social/tags/michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>michigan</span></a> <a href="https://a2mi.social/tags/voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voting</span></a> <a href="https://a2mi.social/tags/votingaccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>votingaccess</span></a> <a href="https://a2mi.social/tags/votersnotpoliticians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>votersnotpoliticians</span></a> <a href="https://a2mi.social/tags/vnp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vnp</span></a></p><p>1/</p>
Paul Schoe<p>Staggering description in this Hartman's report how they want limit <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voting</span></a> for married <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>women</span></a>.</p><p>- When Louise and I got married in 1972, she never formally applied for a change of name. There was really no need.</p><p>- But under the SAVE Act, she would have to present proof that she’d gone to a court for a legal change of name if she wanted to <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vote</span></a>.</p><p>- In other words, unless she hires a lawyer to legally change her name, 52 years after we married, she won’t be able to vote.<br><a href="https://hartmannreport.com/p/the-gop-taliban-to-women-shut-up-450" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hartmannreport.com/p/the-gop-t</span><span class="invisible">aliban-to-women-shut-up-450</span></a></p>
Kelvin Jackson<p>Something Americans should know: in Finland, if you are eligible to vote, you automatically get a letter telling you that you can vote, where and when to do it, and a brief description of the sorts of decisions made by the office you are electing someone to.</p><p>There is absolutely no need to "register to vote". In a functional democracy, the idea of having to do extra bureaucracy ahead of time in order to get to vote seems absurd.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elections</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voting</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/finland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>finland</span></a></p>
Stef Kuypers<p>Since <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> is all the hype these days, I wondered what chat GPT would have to say about rated <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voting</span></a> systems and their impact. Autocorrect changed 'likert' into likely in the first question but the rest is pretty enlightening I'd say.</p><p><a href="https://chatgpt.com/share/67ce7fd7-4840-8006-8693-a433f811a95f" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">chatgpt.com/share/67ce7fd7-484</span><span class="invisible">0-8006-8693-a433f811a95f</span></a></p>
ABC Feeds<p>Support for WA government plummets outside Perth despite Labor win<br>By Sam Tomlin, Mark Bennett, and Jacqueline Lynch</p><p>While Roger Cook has been comfortably re-elected as premier, Labor's stocks outside Perth have plummeted.</p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-10/wa-election-country-voters-lead-swing-against-labor/105023364" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-03-10/wa-</span><span class="invisible">election-country-voters-lead-swing-against-labor/105023364</span></a></p><p><a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/StateandTerritoryElections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StateandTerritoryElections</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/Voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Voting</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/RegionalCommunities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RegionalCommunities</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/SamTomlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SamTomlin</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/MarkBennett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarkBennett</span></a> # <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/JacquelineLynch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JacquelineLynch</span></a></p>
ABC Feeds<p>How the WA government lost its voters in the bush<br>By Sam Tomlin, Mark Bennett, and Jacqueline Lynch</p><p>While Roger Cook has been comfortably re-elected as premier, Labor's stocks outside Perth have plummeted.</p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-10/wa-election-country-voters-lead-swing-against-labor/105023364" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-03-10/wa-</span><span class="invisible">election-country-voters-lead-swing-against-labor/105023364</span></a></p><p><a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/StateandTerritoryElections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StateandTerritoryElections</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/Voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Voting</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/RegionalCommunities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RegionalCommunities</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/SamTomlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SamTomlin</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/MarkBennett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarkBennett</span></a> # <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/JacquelineLynch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JacquelineLynch</span></a></p>
reddebrek<p><strong>The Illusion of Universal Suffrage by Mikhail Bakunin</strong></p> <p><a href="https://kolektiva.media/videos/watch/9e53012e-3bd6-4296-9c0f-1d969a86e680" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kolektiva.media/videos/watch/9</span><span class="invisible">e53012e-3bd6-4296-9c0f-1d969a86e680</span></a></p>
PrinceOfDenmark<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@harrysintonen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>harrysintonen</span></a></span> Really important to remember that the US “at large” did not vote for President <a href="https://mas.to/tags/JuniorSoprano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JuniorSoprano</span></a>. A couple decades of social media influence campaigns eroded faith in <a href="https://mas.to/tags/voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voting</span></a>, so turnout was low relative to other democracies. The same influence campaigns worked years to convince groups to fear each other &amp; to turn out just the most triggered. </p><p>A fraction of the population voted for the fascists. Good people messed up, but “a pox on the whole place” feeds the trolls.</p>
CBC Kitchener-Waterloo<p>91-year-old veteran says he was denied right to vote in Ontario's election, despite having proper ID<br>The senior said he was denied his right to vote despite bringing proper ID to his polling station in the riding of Bay of Quinte — and his family fears many others were turned away for the same reason.<br><a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/rights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/Ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ontario</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/BayofQuinte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BayofQuinte</span></a><br><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-election-voting-1.7477921?cmp=rss" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ont</span><span class="invisible">ario-election-voting-1.7477921?cmp=rss</span></a></p>
Adrian Segar<p>I'm Torn About Technology. New tech isn't the only way to improve events—we can use different human process to improve learning &amp; connection.</p><p><a href="https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/presentations/2012/04/torn-about-technology" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">conferencesthatwork.com/index.</span><span class="invisible">php/presentations/2012/04/torn-about-technology</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meetings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meetings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EventTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EventTech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ARS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ARS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/events" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>events</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/eventprofs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eventprofs</span></a></p>
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91-year-old veteran says he was denied right to vote in Ontario's election, despite having proper ID
The senior said he was denied his right to vote despite bringing proper ID to his polling station in the riding of Bay of Quinte — and his family fears many others were turned away for the same reason.
#election #politics #voting #rights #Ontario #BayofQuinte
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