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NOVA Green
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« on: May 16, 2018, 02:29:11 AM »

In Oregon Democratic Primaries, Progressive Democrats notched up some key wins in State House and Senate Primary races, that could have a potential impact this November when it comes to a potential Democratic Party Super Majority within the State Legislature....

These gains occurred in a wide geographic and politically diverse and competitive parts of Oregon, so will be interesting to watch how this plays out in the November GE.

http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2018/05/liberal_democrats_primary_wins.html#incart_river_index

Haven't had much time to look at the results between getting off work late and some PC issues, but this is obviously a major development on a larger Statewide Political scale....
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« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2018, 11:52:40 PM »

The only thing a Democratic loss would tell me here is that the NYT's poll on TX-23 is probably accurate, considering how much the two overlap.

Started a thread on TX CD-23 a few weeks back upon special request of an Atlas poster, spent about Ten hours pulling raw precinct data and sifting numbers, but nobody appeared interested, so I haven't really spent much time on the project recently....

Why spend tons of time and investment on just one CD outside of SE season, versus other activities?

Thoughts about TX CD-23?Huh

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=300604.0
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« Reply #2 on: September 26, 2018, 09:26:55 PM »

In other news it appears the Spanish translation for the ballots in TX Senate District 19  (a very hispanic district) were translated with Google Translate, giving the wrong translation for the word "run-off" as "drainage". So for many Spanish speakers the ballots informed them that there was an election drainage. Roll Eyes

Why in God's name are they google translating ballots in TEXAS of all places? There's literally millions of Spanish speakers in Texas.

Well to paraphrase Joe Stalin: "It's not the people that cast the votes that count, it's the people who count the votes"....

Perhaps in Tejas it might read more like this: "It's not those who vote or count the ballots, but rather those who Google Translate the ballots".

Biggest likelihood en realidad would be that Public Sector workers in local and statewide Texas election departments are much more likely to be Anglo because of the Seniority based system, and that overall it's probably a lot easier to get a decent paying job as a Bi-Lingual (English-Spanish) in the Private Sector, than the State Public Sector.

Obvious local Gvt jobs such as Teachers, Cops, etc being bilingual would be a plus, since these are perceived as tangible services that impact all residents and citizens of the Lone Star State.

I suspect that State and Local Election Departments, this is not a high priority when it comes to hiring, and job roles and responsibilities.

Additionally, in all fairness to the Great State of Texas, State and local GVTs have been squeezed dry of funding for many citizen services over the past few decades as a result of political decisions, and this means that corners get cut, especially for items viewed as net EXP vs REV, where you might have an individual who gets something added to their "job responsibilities" who takes a short-cut via Google Translate, just to check the box off their list, to get back to their "core" job duties.

Or it could just be a lazy employee, etc...

Obviously we need a more extensive Root Cause Analysis (RCA) on this, since essentially it's a "near miss" that exposes the fundamental gaps when it comes to fundamental Government services provided to the Citizens of Texas.

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« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2018, 12:42:36 AM »

Not sure if this is the correct place for the post, but DEMs, now have a Super-Majority in the OR-SEN and OR-REP, plus a DEM GOV....

OR SD-03 flipped in an open Seat in Jackson County...

Good chance DEMs will add OR-SEN 26 to the number for an additional +1 D OR-SEN pickup....

Maybe a few House Seats flip DEM as well....

Haven't spent too much time looking at the OR House numbers yet. Sad

https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/politics/2018/11/06/oregon-democrats-secure-supermajority-oregon-legislature-senate-house-election-results/1916885002/
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