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a little megathread for this seems useful. what's on your ballot folks? are you going out to vote today or have you already voted? if you haven't or are interested in what significant elections are taking place today, Bolts Magazine has its yearly cheat sheet.

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[–] MJBrune@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year ago

I voted in WA State. Not that my vote is really going to sway things on a federal level. I didn't have one federal-level vote on my ballot this year. That said I saw a ton of young minorities going up against a bunch of white old people for local positions. While I still voted for who I thought would do a great job, that person was usually the younger minority folks over the white old folks.

One thing I did vote for is https://www.tacoma4all.org/initiative01 which a bunch of the against arguments boiled down to "the landlords will sell and tear down the buildings and we'll all be homeless if we enact a law that says landlords need to be responsible people!" It was really shocking to see such a weak argument in the voter's pamphlet. Check it out here: https://i.imgur.com/HH6HNRk.png