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First, we learned Alberta’s chief electoral officer asked the gov’t for a four-month extension for a complex investigation during the pandemic. The government said no. #ableg
https://t.co/CJtx0vFGkG
Elections AB won’t say what the case is the timelines suggest it could be the investigation into the UCP leadership race. The office has handed out more than $200,000 in fines connected with election financing irregularities in the 2017 race.
Several people have appealed those fines and findings to the court.
You may also recall leaked documents suggested Jason Kenney and Jeff Callaway’s leadership campaigns shared strategy and information https://t.co/NX91cdQQsN
And the RCMP are investigating. #ableg
The NDP says the government needs to come clean about whether it turned down the chief electoral officer’s application to extend the time to investigate the governing party.
#ableg
Also at today’s committee meeting, seven independent officers of the legislature had their budgets up for approval. The committee approved six of them.
MLA Brad Rutherford then moved to delay a decision about the auditor general’s budget. He says he wants more information. #ableg
Almost half (47%) of American voters believe there was enough fraud to ensure Biden would win in the recent elections, including 75% of Republicans & 30% of Democrats. Please retweet. https://t.co/8JGddENZGI
— Rasmussen Reports (@Rasmussen_Poll) December 19, 2020
Disclaimer: I am not taking “fraud happened” or “fraud didn’t happen” side. I am answering those who've asked me how fraud can be addressed in #ElectoralCollege if/when it occurs. In an earlier thread I said congressmen are limited in what they can do.
THREAD: I haven\u2019t said much about the #ElectoralCollege this week, despite two decades of studying the system, because I needed time to formulate my thoughts on some of what we are watching. /1
— Tara Ross (@TaraRoss) December 18, 2020
As a foundational matter: I believe the problems started this summer when Governors began unilaterally changing election procedures, without legislative input. This was wrong. STATE LEGISLATURES are responsible for election laws. /3 #ElectoralCollege
This truth holds especially true in pres’l elections. #ElectoralCollege looks to *state legislatures* to be responsible for their states. The buck always stops w/ state legislators. Thus, 1st mistake made by too many legislators was a failure to push back on Govs this summer. /4
We have THREE branches of government. Why have we ignored #RuleofLaw all year? Why are Govs creating law when that’s the legislature’s job? How unsurprising that people distrust the election outcome after months & months of thumbing our noses @ Rule of Law. /5 #ElectoralCollege
It's time for 2 hours of Putin's squirrely bullshit.
#LIVE Russian President Putin holds an annual press conference https://t.co/Ical3R9Av1
— ANews (@anewscomtr) December 17, 2020
Putin spent the last 5 minutes reaffirming that Coronavirus happened, it's a thing, everybody dealt with it, and when you think about it, it really hasn't been that bad!
Like any good bureaucrat (and make no mistake, Putin is a great bureaucrat) he is filibustering with facts that sound good, while not addressing the bad facts (but waving to the the fact that other fact may exist, but you are really focusing on the wrong thing).
Being in a relationship with this man must be a complete, uninterrupted mindf---
Putin projects mastery of the facts while also delivering it in a boring way so you tune out and say "He seems like he has it." And he does it for everything from agriculture markets to fomenting frozen conflicts -- making it seem like just another boring thing.
To all those RW Hindus & Non-Khalistani Sikhs telling me Sikhs are all patriots & only minorities are khalistanis. Then how come this body that manages Gurudwaras & sikh temples & appoints Jathedar of Akal Takht is supporting Khalistani protests?! https://t.co/3cxn4NPT5n pic.twitter.com/e56K4BEy6t
— Syamkrishnan Kamath (@Dharmi2020) December 7, 2020
Udasis the monastic wing of Sikhism that was started by Guru Nanak's son Sri Chand was expelled from Gurudwaras, their murtis thrown out & declared non sikh along with Nanakpanthis & several other Sikh sects that were close to Hinduism.
If Khalistan terrorism was not anti-Hindu should explain why one after the other each & every sect in Sikhism that is similar to Hinduism was thrown out since Akali movement of 1925? Sehajdharis are latest, in 2016 to be
35,000 Punjabi Hindus were killed by Khalistani terrorists in Punjab. I am yet to hear any demand of justice for them!
— Amit Srivastava (@AmiSri) December 4, 2020
Why were the the 1984 riots always mentioned by leaders across political spectrum, leaders in India & abroad. But have you ever heard anyone talk about those hindus who were killed by
Sir, with due respect data about deaths are not hidden!
— Amit Srivastava (@AmiSri) December 4, 2020
But for Sikhs, the issue is raised at every level - in state & national politics, in public, in judiciary, even at international level. But have you seen anyone even mentioning those unfortunate Hindus? That\u2019s the point!
One of the most ancient sects of Sikhs founded by Guru Nanak's son Sri Chand the Udasis, enjoyed state patronage & support under the sikh Empire of Ranjith Singh. How did they go from there to not even being sikhs in a matter of a few decades?
https://t.co/H7sYSUeBiS
(Pashinyan's block holds the absolute majority in parliament)
Opposition protest facing the Armenian parliament in Yerevan. pic.twitter.com/I6AOZ9KLki
— 301\U0001f1e6\U0001f1f2 (@301_AD) December 9, 2020
Only the people can speak on behalf of the people, not separate groups - Pashinyan
Voices of individual groups cannot be considered the voice of the people - Pashinyan
It is not the media who decide who the prime minister is, people decide - Pashinyan
The question arises as to why the opposition does not demand early elections. Why do political forces have only one goal - to decide without the will of the people? Pashinyan