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2012 US Presidential Election
AceHigh:
--- Quote from: Tiffanys on November 08, 2012, 03:01:32 AM ---They've been on the verge of doing that for what seems like forever now... I doubt it'll actually happen any time soon. That is, unless something really bad happens that practically forces their hand.
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Has it been as serious as a referendum though? Because from what I read in the article Obama promised that he would assist if an overwhelming majority wished to become a state.
zherok:
Wikipedia says they've had referendums before. The last was in 1998 apparently. This is the first time they've voted in favor of statehood, though.
I'm rather curious how Congress will handle it.
Nikkoru:
--- Quote from: zherok on November 08, 2012, 06:25:58 AM ---Wikipedia says they've had referendums before. The last was in 1998 apparently. This is the first time they've voted in favor of statehood, though.
I'm rather curious how Congress will handle it.
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Another solidly Democratic state? How that work out for D.C?
Tiffanys:
They've had several... this is like their 4th one or something I think.
Also... Churches are pretty ridiculous to be honest... You see multi-million dollar churches usually every couple blocks. Usually 3 or 4 of them at a time... I mean, they have no need for such extravagance. They could use that money to help their communities instead.
If not taxes, maybe some kind of regulations on charitable foundations. Because if people take donations and use it to build palaces... should it really even be considered a charity? It's certainly not in line with proper charities. Maybe some kind of charitable organization regulations need to be put in place, if nothing else.
AceHigh:
So here is the conclusion from OSCE:
50 millions out of 237 could not vote because they were not registered (whatever the hell that means)
In some states former convicts were not allowed to vote, something that breaks the international election norms.
Some criticism towards ID process, which is not standardized and variates from location to location. Some legit citizens were not allowed to vote because of that.
Alabama, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Mississippi, Ohio and Pennsylvania did not allow the international observers to do their job in those states while Texas outright threatened to prosecute the observers with criminal charges if they even got close to an election hall.
Republicans in Philadelphia complained that their own observers got very limited access with 3/4 of them got banned from observing the election process in that city.
Many complaints from Ohio that electronic voting machines were manipulated.
In conclusion OSCE is "not impressed" with the election as they very diplomatically put it.
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