I'm heading out for a couple of months with the wife on a humanitarian mission this Thanksgiving through the New Year and will be offline through early January. I'll probably have some Internet access, but I'm going off all social media and websites so I can have my mindset total focused on the mission and effort.
Before I left, I wanted to wish you all, your loved ones and your families a wonderful and special Thanksgiving, Christmas (if you celebrate it), Holiday Season, and New Year.
Seems like things are really getting tense in the world. I want you all to know that even though many of us approach things from different world views, I've tried to be respectful. I apologize unreservedly if any of you have felt disrespected in anyway by my comments or actions. We should be able to have our beliefs and respect each other at the same time. I'll own not living up to that standard sometimes this past year. In the end we need to co-exist with our wide and different views.
I'd like to leave you all with something I've been studying recently, the Parable of the Prodigal Son. [Link] I am aware that many of you aren't religious, but this parable has inspired so much classical and popular culture, I'm sure you've been exposed in some way whether it be from a modern song or a Kipling poem or a Shakespeare play or even in the themes of Star Wars. [Link] May this amazing story touch you in the way it has touched me. We may all be imperfect. Flawed. But all should be welcomed home into loving arms after we fall short.
KENTUCKY:
Polls close at 6 p.m. for most voters in the state, and at 7 p.m. for some counties in western Kentucky. In 2019, the Associated Press reported its first results at 6:09 p.m.
VIRGINIA:
Polls close at 7 p.m. Results will start rolling in almost immediately, but the AP warned that a call could be delayed in competitive races if there are “significant differences” between Election Day, early in-person and mail-in ballots.
OHIO:
Polls close at 7:30 p.m. During an August special election, the AP reported its first results 5 minutes after polls closed.
MISSISSIPPI:
Polls close at 8 p.m. In 2019, the AP reported its first results at 8:12 p.m.
PENNSYLVANIA:
Polls close at 8 p.m. In last year’s general election, the AP reported its first results two minutes after polls closed.
RHODE ISLAND:
Polls close at 8 p.m. In last year’s election, the AP reported its first results at 8:13 p.m.
TEXAS:
Polls close at 8 p.m. In 2022, the AP reported first results as polls closed at 8 p.m.
NEW JERSEY:
Polls close at 8 p.m., and first results are expected within minutes of polls closing.
Can we just skip to electing a GOP moderate with Dem support in exchange for the original spending targets agreed to by McCarthy, a vote on support for Ukraine and Israel and no motion to vacate based on a single member?
It took 19 rounds to elect the Senate President Pro Temp due to the requirement of having 21 members elect the position of the 40 member body. I have recorded the votes that were available in the Sacramento Daily Union. Irwin was finally elected when all 22 Democrats voted for him.
There were 22-D, 17-R, and 1-I elected to the legislature in 1873
So just in case you thought 15 rounds for Speaker McCarthy was bad, it took longer to elect Irwin. Irwin went on to be Governor.
Interesting. So everyone is going to play nice. And leave Vilnius with Unity Headlines.
Erdogan was flexing his muscle. He's been kinda playing this role of having one foot in the Moscow camp and one foot in the Nato camp. Feels like he is starting to pick a side.
I always admired his contributions. I'm coming across so many of his contributions again while I'm exploring old California elections. Reread the comments here and it makes me sad.
Pretty amazing link of all past Canadian elections, by-elections, and the candidates in each riding (1867 - present) curated by the Parliament in database format.
You can link over to the ridings and it will list the elections for that riding. And true to form for Canada being data transparent, you have the option to download the data in XLSX by choosing which columns of data you want.
Incredible. I just love Canada. They make it so easy for data nerds. This will probably fill in some of the gaps we have.
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