[conspire] Heads up: Urgent need to vote in Sept. 14 recall election

[Nick Moffitt]

I got a notice earlier this week that my ballot would be arriving, and we're watching the post to pounce on it.

I've had to explain to folks around here who are upset with local council leadership that recall mechanisms aren't as useful as you may think: they tend to be used to stop progressive leaders from accomplishing anything, and that's it.  We had a petition go around to institute them for Local Authority positions, and I very quickly told everyone about the Gray Davis experience.


On 19Aug2021 05:19pm (-0700), Rick Moen wrote:
> Non-partisan public service announcement:  California's in the middle of
> a crucial statement, all-by-mail election.  Your vote is needed.  Voting
> runs through Election Day, Sept. 14th, and will decide the next 15 1/2 
> months of state government.  Voter turnout is projected to be low, and
> without all hands on deck, we may end up with a fringe candidate
> unacceptable to everyone but a tiny minority of voters, as governor.
> 
> Please vote.  Please remind other people you know to vote.
> 
> I have a voting guide at
> http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/election-2021-09-14.html, and, if you ignore
> the two sections starting with "RM partisan analysis", you will skip my
> opinions and get only public-benefit information from many sources.
> 
> 
> 
> Partisan commentary:
> 
> It is absolutely essential that all possible California voters weigh in,
> especially on Q1 (question 1), whether to recall or not.  Why?  Because
> there is great danger that Q1 will barely pass and that, then, the
> top-polling of 46 candidates to take Gov. Newsom's place will be an
> extremist AM radio talk show host, Larry Elder, sliding in by a tiny
> plurality margin.
> 
> On http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/election-2021-09-14.html, I give the
> facts, then narrow in on the six credible replacement candidates, and
> state why one, Kevin Paffrath (D) is the least-bad of credible
> candidates and our best hope of not getting Governor Elder.
> 
> My analysis further explains why (1) no, it's not valid to write in
> "Gavin Newsom", and that vote would be discarded, uncounted, (2)
> voting a dark-horse candidate or write-in is a tactical mistake, and
> (3) if insisting on the tactical mistake of write-in, you should 
> _at least_ make sure that person has filed with the Secretary of State
> and is on her list of qualified write-in names on Sept. 3rd.
> 
> IMO, this really is an all-hands-on-deck situation.  It doesn't matter
> if you think Pretty Boy Newsom had done badly.  The point is that
> Governor Elder would be _way_ worse.
> 
> As usual, I cite and link to lots and lots of credible external
> information.
> 
> 
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