• Flying SquidM
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    212 months ago

    “My child, I will only be dictator on day one.”

  • FlashMobOfOne
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    Outside state-level things, it really doesn’t.

    Although, here in Missouri, an abortion ban, a $15 minimum wage, and a Republican candidate for governor who would refuse to implement both if passed are all on the ballot, so yes, GTFO and vote.

    • @KazuyaDarklight
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      42 months ago

      Ey! Fistbump Also BS anti-ranked choice measure in STL.

      • FlashMobOfOne
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        32 months ago

        Oh yeah.

        Super deceptive stuff. I voted against it. Hopefully everyone will.

    • @RizzRustbolt
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      22 months ago

      It’s only a $13 minimum wage, because $15 we already voted for got shot down by the state congress.

  • 👍Maximum Derek👍
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    162 months ago

    This reminds me of my favorite blurb I’ve found while browsing Memory Alpha:

    Although the writing staff of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine had spent almost the entirety of the show’s second season planning to make Bareil the new kai, electing Winn to that position was a last-minute decision. “We were all sitting in the room,” recalled Robert Hewitt Wolfe, “and it occurred to us, ‘God, we could […] make Winn the kai. That’s a scary idea!’”

  • @dohpaz42
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    82 months ago

    Technically two votes would matter. Because in this scenario, your vote would’ve led to a tie. So you’d need someone else to break the tie.

  • @stooth64
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    82 months ago

    A little while back, my hometown’s mayoral election was decided by a difference of just 5 votes. Unfortunately, the candidate I didn’t like won the election. I didn’t live there anymore and wasn’t able to vote, but it really showed me the importance of voting at all levels of government.