Politics

Going to VOTE now. 🗳

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Going to VOTE now. 🗳

Hopefully this will be the last time I have to do this in person ever again.

Next year if the Consituitional Admendment passes I’ll become a permanent absentee voter and I can choose if I feel like it to either vote on the machine, drop off my ballot or mail it in.

They had a big ballot box for dropping off absentee ballots at the door.

I voted Republicans for County Clerk and County Coroner. I feel like a Republican County Coroner would be better at his job, especially with the Sheriff being Democratic. Likewise, I think the last really good County Clerk was that housewife from Manning Boulevard, Theresa Cooke. She hired really talented people back in the day. I did split the ticket and voted for the rest of the democrats though.

Early Voting starts today through Oct 31st. 🗳️

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Early Voting runs today through Oct 31st. 🗳️

EARLY VOTING sites are open today 9 am to 5 pm in Albany County. The North East Kingdom’s most famous former resident is not on the ballot this year but five constitutional amendments are on the backside of your ballot including the right to clean air and water and no excuse required absentee voting.

https://www.albanycounty.com/departments/board-of-elections

I am glad that voters will get to decide whether or not they will allow no excuse absentee voting. 🗳

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I am glad that voters will get to decide whether or not they will allow no excuse absentee voting. 🗳

Voting shouldn’t be difficult, it should be the easiest way to have your voice heard. While early voting makes it a lot easier, especially for those who live next door to a polling place, being able to absentee vote is a great option especially for those who live in more outlying areas where there are few Early Voting sites.

Donald John Trump signs

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While I’m no fan of Donald Trump, I have to admire the homemade roadside signs and displays you see in favor of his candidacy along rural road sides.

There is something neat about home painted signs or even displays like that of a model Donald Trump riding a snowmobile in North Brookfield, NY or riding a fake missile in Bald Eagle, Penna. It’s just piles of junk bolted together but it shows creativity and passion, far more than just store bought political sign placed on a lawn briefly before chucked in a burn barrel or sent to the landfill.

The industries causing the climate crisis and attacks against defenders | Global Witness

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The industries causing the climate crisis and attacks against defenders | Global Witness

Since 2012, Global Witness has been gathering data on killings of land and environmental defenders. In that time, a grim picture has come into focus – with the evidence suggesting that as the climate crisis intensifies, violence against those protecting their land and our planet also increases. It has become clear that the unaccountable exploitation and greed driving the climate crisis is also driving violence against land and environmental defenders.