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Rob Pegoraro<p><strong>“She Won” election conspiracy theories defy belief and do not&nbsp;help</strong></p><p class="">Over the past two weeks, I’ve seen a few friends share <a href="https://thiswillhold.substack.com/p/she-won-they-didnt-just-change-the" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">a post alleging a sweeping conspiracy to steal the presidential election</a>–not the 2020 election, as Donald Trump and his cult followers have been alleging without proof ever since, but the 2024 contest. These friends have not vouched for the theory put forth in that post and <a href="https://thiswillhold.substack.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">a series of others posted at a newsletter site</a>; at most, they’ve said things along the lines of “these raise interesting questions.”</p><p>So I read those “This Will Hold” posts and a <a href="https://thecommoncoalition.com/report/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">separate report</a> posted by a group called the Common Coalition. To summarize thousands of words of copy: They allege that surprising results in swing states and even individual counties–notably, voters choosing Democrats downballot and then picking Trump or not voting for any presidential candidate–are too statistically unlikely to be the result of voters making their own choices and instead are the result of an elaborate plot involving compromised Tripp Lite uninterruptible power supplies that were remotely reprogrammed on Elon Musk’s orders via SpaceX’s Starlink satellites to change vote totals on Dominion and ES&amp;S voting systems. </p> <a href="https://robpegoraro.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2024-election-officer-badge.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a> <p>No, really. Speaking as a tech journalist who has written a fair amount about <a href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/spacex/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">SpaceX</a> and as a <a href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/poll-worker/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">poll worker</a> who has put in 15-plus hour days helping people to vote in nine elections: I’m sorry, but I can only regard them as engagingly-written claptrap.&nbsp; </p><p>Here’s why I think that:</p><ul><li>If so many UPSes were shipped with hidden cellular modems and antennas to election offices in counties, cities and states run by Democratic administrations, how have none of them surfaced? (Bear in mind, election offices don’t have huge budgets to buy high-end hardware. I have never seen anything but generic power strips in my own polling places.)</li><li><a href="https://www.pcmag.com/news/spacex-cellular-starlink-service-is-ready-to-go" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">At the end of 2024</a>&nbsp;and still today, Starlink’s only widely-available service to phones is text messaging. SpaceX has done limited tests of data, but Elon Musk was willing to roll the dice on that working clandestinely in dozens or hundreds of devices across the U.S.?&nbsp;</li><li>Trump or Musk tweeting out absurd claims or preditions is no kind of proof or confession, because they both shitpost all the time while rarely intersecting with reality. </li><li>No part of this extensive conspiracy inside SpaceX has leaked at any point, even as SpaceX employees have come forward to accuse Musk of <a href="https://www.space.com/spacex-sexual-harassment-allegations-lawsuits" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">sexual harassment</a> and <a href="https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/spacex-musk-safety/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">indifference to workplace safety</a> at considerable risk to themselves.&nbsp;</li><li>This Will Hold’s posts don’t mention the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ncsl.org/elections-and-campaigns/risk-limiting-audits" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">“risk-limiting audits”</a>&nbsp;that a growing number of states conduct to check for exactly this kind of post-election ballot tampering. Nevada’s, for example,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nvsos.gov/sos/home/showpublisheddocument/15625/638780584514830000" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">found “no variations” from the reported results</a>. Ignoring risk-limiting audits in a theory of election fraud is an enormous tell, because election-integrity experts&nbsp;<a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/90537379/what-becoming-a-poll-worker-taught-me-about-securing-the-2020-election" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">will tell you</a>&nbsp;they’re as essential as hand-marked paper ballots scanned by machines (which is why every state should adopt them). See, for example, the National Academies’ 2018 report&nbsp;<a href="https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25120/securing-the-vote-protecting-american-democracy" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Securing the Vote: Protecting American Democracy</a>.</li><li>If people really had cast votes for Harris that somehow vanished, why have we not seen that variance in post-election polling and surveys of voters? See, for example, the data-science firm Catalist’s <a href="https://catalist.us/whathappened2024/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">“What Happened in 2024” analysis</a> and the <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2025/06/26/behind-trumps-2024-victory-a-more-racially-and-ethnically-diverse-voter-coalition/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Pew Research Center’s just-published report on 2024 turnout</a>.</li><li>Many voters really did leave the presidential part of their ballot blank.&nbsp;<a href="https://enr.elections.virginia.gov/results/public/Virginia/elections/2024NovemberGeneral" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">In Virginia</a>&nbsp;(where&nbsp;<a href="https://centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/how-virginia-illustrates-the-2024-election/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">the first warnings of a Kamala Harris loss</a>&nbsp;were returns from Loudoun County showing her underperforming Biden’s 2020 numbers), the former vice president got 2,335,395 votes while Sen. Tim Kaine (D) got 2,417,115 votes. In my state and, it seems, others, her problem was Trump&nbsp;<a href="https://centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/digging-into-a-new-2024-postmortem-findings-from-pews-validated-voter-study/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">getting more turnout from 2020 voters and from new voters</a>&nbsp;than she did. </li><li>Musk spending <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/us/politics/elon-musk-trump-rbg-election.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">$250 million and change</a> to persuade those people to vote probably did shape the outcome. So did Trump lying about his opponent and a great many other things while presenting himself as an icon of never-surrender success, with Fox News amplifying all that. But the die may have been cast when Joe Biden decided to run for reelection despite evident trouble selling his message and then not dropping out until July of 2024—leaving Harris to answer the hardest call to the bullpen in American presidential-election history.&nbsp;</li></ul><p>The unfortunate and ugly reality is that <a href="https://robpegoraro.com/2024/11/07/the-worst/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">American voters showed awful judgment last November</a>, and we are now all paying the price for that. There’s just a meanness in this world, as <a href="https://robpegoraro.com/2012/09/15/springsteen-and-the-persistence-of-good-art/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Springsteen</a> sings, and our country is not and has never been exempt from it. Conspiracy theories might help people think otherwise, but this kind of self-delusional behavior will not help write a different script for 2026 and 2028.</p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/2024-election/" target="_blank">#2024Election</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/common-coalition/" target="_blank">#CommonCoalition</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/conspiracy-theories/" target="_blank">#conspiracyTheories</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/donald-trump/" target="_blank">#DonaldTrump</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/election-integrity/" target="_blank">#electionIntegrity</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/election-officer/" target="_blank">#electionOfficer</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/elon-musk/" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/grift/" target="_blank">#grift</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/grifters/" target="_blank">#grifters</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/kamala-harris/" target="_blank">#KamalaHarris</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/poll-worker/" target="_blank">#pollWorker</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/spacex/" target="_blank">#SpaceX</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/starlink/" target="_blank">#Starlink</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/this-will-hold/" target="_blank">#ThisWillHold</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/tripp-lite/" target="_blank">#TrippLite</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/turnout/" target="_blank">#turnout</a></p>
Mark Mullen<p>Interested in the future of American politics?</p><p>Check what just happened in New York city.&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://3m.fyi/posts/five-lessons-from-the-mamdani-win/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">3m.fyi/posts/five-lessons-from</span><span class="invisible">-the-mamdani-win/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Mamdani" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mamdani</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/MamdaniTurnout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MamdaniTurnout</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/NYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/AOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AOC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Turnout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Turnout</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Cuomo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cuomo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/DNC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DNC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Bernie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bernie</span></a>&nbsp;</p>
Tea 🍵 💙🎶🌻<p>Rachel Maddow and other mainstream media are reporting 5M as the total turnout for No Kings. </p><p>But the Alt National Park Service is now reporting over 13M ! They described how they counted, and it makes sense to me. And now the organizers 50501 are reporting the ANPS figure.</p><p>Here's what ANPS said on Facebook.</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/NoKings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoKings</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/turnout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>turnout</span></a></p>
Tea 🍵 💙🎶🌻<p>5)</p><p>I read that Elon is trying to spin it by giving top ranking to some tweet that says No Kings was a dud and was poorly attended. But people know what they saw. That's the beauty of having so many protests across the country, in towns large and small. People didn't have to travel, and they could see in their own communities what the feeling is. </p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/NoKings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoKings</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/turnout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>turnout</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protest</span></a></p>
Tea 🍵 💙🎶🌻<p>4)</p><p>And the Alt Natl Park Service's 11M figure doesn't include protests outside the US. For example, I saw this:</p><p>'No Kings Paris! Great turnout!"</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/NoKings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoKings</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/turnout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>turnout</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protest</span></a></p>
Tea 🍵 💙🎶🌻<p>3)</p><p>Before the post with the 11M figure, the Alt Natl Park Service posted this:</p><p>"We’re closing in on the 3.5% rule! 8.6 million and counting! We’re in awe. Lots of events still happening make sure to be counted. Big towns, small towns you showed up."</p><p>I just reminded myself what the 3.5% rule is:<br>"Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change."</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190513-it-only-takes-35-of-people-to-change-the-world" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/future/article/2019051</span><span class="invisible">3-it-only-takes-35-of-people-to-change-the-world</span></a></p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/NoKings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoKings</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/turnout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>turnout</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/3point5percentRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>3point5percentRule</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protest</span></a></p>
Tea 🍵 💙🎶🌻<p>2)</p><p>By comparison, the Women's March in 2017, the day after Trump's inauguration, was 3-5M+. "Between 3,267,134 and 5,246,670 people participated in the [Women's] marches in the U.S.,[25] approximately 1.0 to 1.6 percent of the U.S. population. Worldwide participation has been estimated at over seven million." It was the largest single-day protest in US history.<br>[Edit: I'm correcting this to reflect the stats on Wikipedia for the Women's March. Still, if 11M for No Kings is correct, that's astounding.]</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/NoKings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoKings</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/turnout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>turnout</span></a></p>
Tea 🍵 💙🎶🌻<p>1)</p><p>This is jaw-dropping.</p><p>From Alt National Park Service‬<br> ‪@altnps.bsky.social‬<br>(2h ago)</p><p>We’re honored to report that over 11 million showed up for today’s No Kings protest, and totals are still coming in. Just… wow. WOW 😮! There’s nothing more to say.</p><p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/altnps.bsky.social/post/3lrmce3muts2c" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsky.app/profile/altnps.bsky.s</span><span class="invisible">ocial/post/3lrmce3muts2c</span></a></p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/NoKings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoKings</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/turnout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>turnout</span></a></p>
GaryRLundberg<p>Good!! For now anyway. Trump will do everything he can to manipulate or outright cancel elections. Trump regime is accelerating its takeover attempt to “dominate” America.<br>In his demented ‘mind’ it’s already <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/TrumpUSAllc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpUSAllc</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Protest</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/NoKings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoKings</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Turnout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Turnout</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/StandUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StandUp</span></a></p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-elections-executive-order-4f863aaa8e0c59640ebc727827ffc887" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/trump-elect</span><span class="invisible">ions-executive-order-4f863aaa8e0c59640ebc727827ffc887</span></a></p>
gentlegardener<p>ok <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/LA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LA</span></a> once again handing <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/nixon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nixon</span></a> er that guy an image win on telly. </p><p>more credibility had your election <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/turnout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>turnout</span></a> 2024 not<br>been so abysmal. down 600,000 votes at least. elsewhere i think i have read the drop among <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/dems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dems</span></a> even higher. </p><p>reap what you cant be bothered to sow</p><p><a href="https://xtown.la/2024/12/06/election-turnout-tumbled-this-year-in-los-angeles-county/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">xtown.la/2024/12/06/election-t</span><span class="invisible">urnout-tumbled-this-year-in-los-angeles-county/</span></a></p>
Mark Mullen<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mas.to/@DqTube" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>DqTube</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://sfba.social/@skykiss" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>skykiss</span></a></span> </p><p>50.9% it's always <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/turnout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>turnout</span></a> . Always. Sorry <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Poland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poland</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a></p>
Daniel AJ Sokolov<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.xyz/@cjgyt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>cjgyt</span></a></span> The exact voter <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/turnout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>turnout</span></a> is not published. They do not include invalid votes on the one side (which is turnout!), and they do not include voters registered on election day on the other side. Also, there are always numerous people on the list of electors who no longer reside in the district or have passed on.</p><p>However, whether it was 76% or 78%, I agree that it should have been higher.</p>
Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸<p>if any Americans see this and would like to create a version of this graph for the USA I'd be super interested (assuming the data is around!) <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/uspoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/CanPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CanPoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/CdnPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CdnPoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/Elxn45" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Elxn45</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/Turnout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Turnout</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a></p>
Daniel AJ Sokolov<p>The official voter <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/turnout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>turnout</span></a> at <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> 's <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>elections</span></a> is always incorrect. Don't rely on it.</p><p>First, the reported number does NOT include electors who voted invalid. I do not like that all.</p><p>Second, the number of registered voters does not include voters who register on election day.</p>
Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸<p>I updated my “uplifting” elector turnout graph using today's preliminary numbers.</p><p>This graph shows not only traditional “election turnout" but also the votes cast as a percentage of the Canadian population. This is a reminder of how far we have come! (and how fast our country is growing!)</p><p>2025 Turnout: 68.6%<br>Population voting: 47.4%</p><p>Only 8% of Canadians voted in 1867! Let's keep growing both turnout and percent voting!</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/CanPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CanPoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/CdnPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CdnPoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/Elxn45" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Elxn45</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/Turnout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Turnout</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a></p>
Calicoday :gamedev:<p>Early voting has started for the <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/CanadianElection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CanadianElection</span></a> . PLEASE <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/VOTE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VOTE</span></a>! If you need HELP, ask EVERYONE until someone steps up. Even if you think your local results are a forgone conclusion, pump up the numbers for what you prefer -- though if you're anti-maga, consider voting strategically and pick whoever has the best shot in your area to shut CPC out. Please, let's see record-breaking <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/turnout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>turnout</span></a>! Please <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/PassItOn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PassItOn</span></a> !!</p>
Calicoday :gamedev:<p>Early voting has started for the <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/CanadianElection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CanadianElection</span></a> . PLEASE <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/VOTE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VOTE</span></a>! If you need HELP, ask EVERYONE until someone steps up. Even if you think your local results are a forgone conclusion, pump up the numbers for what you prefer -- though if you're anti-maga, consider voting strategically and pick whoever has the best shot in your area to shut CPC out. Please, let's see record-breaking <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/turnout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>turnout</span></a>! Please <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/PassItOn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PassItOn</span></a> !!</p>
Hänzi Pōtter<p>..the high voter <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/turnout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>turnout</span></a> in the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/BTW25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BTW25</span></a> is also due to the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/demonstrations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>demonstrations</span></a> in the final phase of the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a> campaign. "The joint vote of the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Union</span></a> with the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AfD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AfD</span></a> in the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Bundestag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bundestag</span></a> on the subject of migration at the end of January has led to a counter-mobilization in the democratic camp...The demonstrations also played a role." (**obviously, it had counter effect, 48% of mobilised voted AFD,24% <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/CDU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CDU</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/CSU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CSU</span></a>**) <a href="https://taz.de/Die-Bundestagswahl-in-Zahlen/!6062600/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">taz.de/Die-Bundestagswahl-in-Z</span><span class="invisible">ahlen/!6062600/</span></a> <a href="https://www.tagesschau.de/newsticker/liveblog-wahl-donnerstag-102.html#Demonstrationen" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tagesschau.de/newsticker/liveb</span><span class="invisible">log-wahl-donnerstag-102.html#Demonstrationen</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>germany</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/cdu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdu</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/greens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>greens</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/spd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/dielinke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dielinke</span></a></p>
CBC Kitchener-Waterloo<p>Here's what early voter turnout looked like in Waterloo region, surrounding area<br>Early voter turnout results are in for Guelph, Waterloo region, and other parts of CBC K-W's listening area.<br><a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>voting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/turnout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>turnout</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/Waterlooregion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Waterlooregion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/Guelph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Guelph</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a><br><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/here-s-what-early-voter-turnout-looked-like-in-waterloo-region-surrounding-area-1.7468148?cmp=rss" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-w</span><span class="invisible">aterloo/here-s-what-early-voter-turnout-looked-like-in-waterloo-region-surrounding-area-1.7468148?cmp=rss</span></a></p>
Liam 🏳️‍🌈<p>Finally got around to writing my blog post on my hacky way to generate maps showing voting turnout at a precinct level for social media/GOTV purposes</p><p><a href="https://liamsteckler.com/blog/mapping-local-ballot-returns/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">liamsteckler.com/blog/mapping-</span><span class="invisible">local-ballot-returns/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.gruezi.net/tags/Blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blog</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gruezi.net/tags/WAElex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WAElex</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gruezi.net/tags/Seattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Seattle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gruezi.net/tags/KingCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KingCounty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gruezi.net/tags/Voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Voting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gruezi.net/tags/Turnout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Turnout</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gruezi.net/tags/GOTV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOTV</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gruezi.net/tags/Map" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Map</span></a></p>