Martin Longman is the web editor of the Washington Monthly.
He is also the founder of Booman Tribune and Progress Pond. Before joining the Monthly, Martin was a county coordinator for ACORN/Project Vote and a political consultant. He has a degree in philosophy from Western Michigan University.
Sincerely hope that Pelosi has a plan for this. Anyway, the news is that there were a record number of votes cast in the Michigan primary. I think it’s going to be a wave. It’s going to be immense , and the incumbents better watch out. Very very different from four years ago. I live in Trump country. Only one Trump sign in my neighborhood, and much fewer Trump bumper stickers than four years ago.
Can states set up systems where donations to help defray the cost of sending ballots are possible?
Don’t mess with charitable deductions
More like state go fund the vote
Thanks for stating the case so starkly. It’s the first necessary step for dealing successfully with Trump’s regime should he attempt—as seems increasingly likely—a de facto coup (by preventing or attempting to overturn the result of a free and fair election). I’d encourage you (and your colleagues at WM, and other democratic—small and large “d”—thinkers/writers) to start educating all of us on *how* to resist such an attempted coup. Successful resistance requires advance planning and organizing, preferably led by a broad and unified coalition of democratic institutions and leaders. Here’s what Gene Sharp suggests in a short section titled “Blocking… Read more »
Sincerely hope that Pelosi has a plan for this. Anyway, the news is that there were a record number of votes cast in the Michigan primary. I think it’s going to be a wave. It’s going to be immense , and the incumbents better watch out. Very very different from four years ago. I live in Trump country. Only one Trump sign in my neighborhood, and much fewer Trump bumper stickers than four years ago.
The more they do to deny the vote, the more determined we become. Haven’t they learned that yet?
Perhaps, but what’s the plan when trump orders ballot seizures?
Is that right? Trump just cancelled the constitution and no one said a word.
Can states set up systems where donations to help defray the cost of sending ballots are possible?
Don’t mess with charitable deductions
More like state go fund the vote
In some states it would probably need to be city based
Thanks for stating the case so starkly. It’s the first necessary step for dealing successfully with Trump’s regime should he attempt—as seems increasingly likely—a de facto coup (by preventing or attempting to overturn the result of a free and fair election). I’d encourage you (and your colleagues at WM, and other democratic—small and large “d”—thinkers/writers) to start educating all of us on *how* to resist such an attempted coup. Successful resistance requires advance planning and organizing, preferably led by a broad and unified coalition of democratic institutions and leaders. Here’s what Gene Sharp suggests in a short section titled “Blocking… Read more »