Good find. Some additional context later in the same article that I found interesting:
In the July meetings, conservative board members favored proposals for increasing the number of poll watchers parties and candidates could send to vote-counting centers, changing the way local election offices verify vote totals, and giving local election board members more access to election-related materials prior to verifying election results.
Partisan poll-watchers and partisan election officials something something free and fair elections (according to conservatives).
There’s supposed to be partisan balance for poll workers (basically volunteers). But, my experience volunteering in two states has been that the dominant party staffs all their allowed positions while the minority party struggles to staff their minimum.
Other than placing immense pressure upon Democratic platform, an end to partisan bullshit at the polls would be another result of the Green Party receiving 5% of the GE popular. It’d shove an objective third party into every district in America.
Yeah that’s exactly the problem with increased partisan staff as opposed to a balance / scaled approach. It will only emphasise money and populism in what should be (and already isn’t) an official and unbiased process.
It’s super frustrating how much democracy falls into a two-party pit. That said recent UK and Australian elections show how conservative parties who leaned into hard right Trumpism bullshit shed votes to independents and parties who want conservatism with the loonies.
Good find. Some additional context later in the same article that I found interesting:
Partisan poll-watchers and partisan election officials something something free and fair elections (according to conservatives).
There’s supposed to be partisan balance for poll workers (basically volunteers). But, my experience volunteering in two states has been that the dominant party staffs all their allowed positions while the minority party struggles to staff their minimum.
Other than placing immense pressure upon Democratic platform, an end to partisan bullshit at the polls would be another result of the Green Party receiving 5% of the GE popular. It’d shove an objective third party into every district in America.
Yeah that’s exactly the problem with increased partisan staff as opposed to a balance / scaled approach. It will only emphasise money and populism in what should be (and already isn’t) an official and unbiased process.
It’s super frustrating how much democracy falls into a two-party pit. That said recent UK and Australian elections show how conservative parties who leaned into hard right Trumpism bullshit shed votes to independents and parties who want conservatism with the loonies.