Election 2018 Open Thread - Part 1

[Torrain]

Can't believe NYT is still charging people to see the results.

The weather in Boston area is God awful - at 2 it was so dark it felt like 8 because of the clouds and the rain.

Paywall’s down until Thursday, although you might need an account (no payment) to access the page. I’m a lapsed subscriber (student on a budget) and I just got an email saying as much.

[Torrain]

I think McSally may be aiming for an appointment.

That would make for some nice ads in 2020: "The voters rejected her once, but was picked by the political elite to fill another seat anyway. Who is she really representing?!"

M e h. No one really cares about that kind of inside baseball. It's particularly week when the election turns out undeniably close.

Frankly I don't see why other ambitious Arizona Republicans would accept that. They will say that she had her chance and lost, and that it's time for someone new. She will probably have to face a nasty primary.

0% chance Ward doesn't jump in.

There are going to be a lot of Senate primaries in Arizona over the next few years. I
2020: AZ-Special (Kyl)
2022: AZ (Kyl)
2024: AZ (Sinema/McSally)

Regardless of who comes out on top, there’s the possibility for a lot of turnover in the congressional delegation and statewide offices.

[Torrain]

https://twitter.com/kyrstensinema/status/1062148866068246528

Victory speech incoming

[Torrain]

RCV counting underway in ME-02
https://mobile.twitter.com/MESecOfState/status/1062348026134577152

[Torrain]

https://twitter.com/thisdog/status/1062357051756765184

If they somehow get it overturned, retaliate and take the EV away from the hicks.

Given that many voters were voting tactically, as the second round of ballots will, or would be entirely undemocratic to overturn RCV without immediately calling a special election under FPTP. Letting Poliquin just take the seat because he doesn’t like the voting rules would be some Florida-level banana republic stuff.

[Torrain]

No wonder Poliquin rushed out his inevitable lawsuit. The counting is nearly done.

https://twitter.com/MESecOfState/status/1062386555883585537?s=20

[Torrain]

In the first round of voting in LA-SEN 2014, Mary Landrieu got more votes than Bill Cassidy, fair and square. And yet, she's not a Senator anymore. I wonder why Poliquin isn't complaining about that...

You're mixing up apples with oranges here. Cassidy beat Landrieu fair and square in a Runoff. Meanwhile in Maine a Computer decides the Race. How weird! Maine has no Runoff.

No, it's the same thing. If a non FPTP system isn't allowed, then runoffs shouldn't be allowed either. So Cassidy should be kicked out and Landrieu should take her rightful Senate seat.

LOL, imagine you were running in ME-2. Do you really want your Race decided by a Computer? The big Difference is: Runoffs ARE constitutional, Ranked-Choice Voting isn't.

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^You could strawman your way into any alteration of the voting system by that logic.

[Torrain]

https://twitter.com/MESecOfState/status/1062459456318005249

There's around 40K votes left to count

[Torrain]

Any news about when/how many vote dumps we're getting from California today?

[Torrain]

Any news about when/how many vote dumps we're getting from California today?

I believe LA County has been mentioned as dumping today - dump should have major implications on Cisneros-Kim (CA-39)

Thanks, I was sure there were dumps scheduled in LA, but couldn't find any further info on the SOS website. I thought I remembered 5pm, but I think that's just a holdover from the daily releases in AZ.

[Torrain]

https://twitter.com/MESecOfState/status/1062705283569455104

[Torrain]

Lo, the final ballots have arrived:

https://twitter.com/KevinMillerPPH/status/1062822404928487425