STATE SUPREME COURTS: State supreme court seats are perhaps the most consequential downballot races in our elections – and yet they are often the most overlooked. This lever of power really matters. We can see how important Justice Janet Protasiewicz’s 2023 win was in Wisconsin! The now-liberal court ended some of America’s worst gerryma…
STATE SUPREME COURTS: State supreme court seats are perhaps the most consequential downballot races in our elections – and yet they are often the most overlooked. This lever of power really matters. We can see how important Justice Janet Protasiewicz’s 2023 win was in Wisconsin! The now-liberal court ended some of America’s worst gerrymanders.
We need to make sure that we run the best candidates and best possible campaigns in every upcoming election for state supreme courts. Democrats should focus strongly on and invest resources in *every* such race.
Conversely, we see how costly our narrow loss was of the North Carolina Supreme Court was in 2020, which up until then had a liberal majority. The new conservative supreme court majority immediately overturned previous court decisions in a blatantly partisan fashion.
Tragically, Cheri Beasley lost by just 400 votes out of 5.4 million cast. Part of the story is that local election boards rejected more than 2000 specific absentee and provisional ballots.
Today, North Carolina Republicans are trying to steal Allison Riggs’ recent election victory for the State Supreme Court. Also, the Republican super-majority in the state legislature is trying to strip incoming Governor Josh Stein of key powers. Stopping those undemocratic power grabs is absolutely essential!
STATE SUPREME COURTS: State supreme court seats are perhaps the most consequential downballot races in our elections – and yet they are often the most overlooked. This lever of power really matters. We can see how important Justice Janet Protasiewicz’s 2023 win was in Wisconsin! The now-liberal court ended some of America’s worst gerrymanders.
We need to make sure that we run the best candidates and best possible campaigns in every upcoming election for state supreme courts. Democrats should focus strongly on and invest resources in *every* such race.
Conversely, we see how costly our narrow loss was of the North Carolina Supreme Court was in 2020, which up until then had a liberal majority. The new conservative supreme court majority immediately overturned previous court decisions in a blatantly partisan fashion.
Tragically, Cheri Beasley lost by just 400 votes out of 5.4 million cast. Part of the story is that local election boards rejected more than 2000 specific absentee and provisional ballots.
https://apnews.com/article/state-elections-north-carolina-elections-courts-voting-f306377fbc13ff2675ee33b897750de2
Today, North Carolina Republicans are trying to steal Allison Riggs’ recent election victory for the State Supreme Court. Also, the Republican super-majority in the state legislature is trying to strip incoming Governor Josh Stein of key powers. Stopping those undemocratic power grabs is absolutely essential!