Offering asides, recommended links, blogworthy quotations, and more, In Brief is the Northwest Progressive Institute's microblog of world, national, and local politics.
“The reality is that politics is complex and somewhat unpredictable — with a lot of voters who are regularly changing or just forming views on issues and also changing who they vote for or whether they vote in the first place,” Perry Bacon Jr. writes.
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“Instead of refreshing the page to update predictions, people should have done the only thing that actually affects the outcome: vote, donate and organize. As we have found out, everything else is within the margin of error.”
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Ben Brasch of The Atlanta Journal Constitution has details on an a burst water pipe that is impairing one of Georgia’s biggest counties from counting ballots tonight.
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Way to go, Los Angeles! Courtesy of Mayor Eric Garcetti’s campaign team, here’s an update on what America’s second largest metropolitan region is doing to make it easier for voters in Southern California to cast ballots.
LaunchRedmond’s Villeneuve, Eyman file dueling statewide initiatives Reporter Newspapers reports on the filing of the Majority Vote Protection Act by NPI founder and Executive Director
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