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[?]OCTADE » 🌐
@octade@soc.octade.net

If Christians would actually believe and obey the word of God they could cast the imperial mountain into the sea.

But even Christians have their idols (dogmas, creedos, liturgies, customs, rituals) that blind them to the one and only one truth.

"My people perish for lack of knowledge ..."

Instead many Christians believe they have chosen the right narrow path, which is just one lane in the broad road superhighway to hell.

Real democracy for electing rulers is done by lottery, not by party ballot. Every citizen puts a name in the ballot box and then a random name is selected, and the candidate is examined. If the candidate passes muster, then he is the one put in the office. No campaigns, no campaign finance, no speeches, none of that garbage has any place in actual democracy.

The Bible has multiple instances in the law of God for casting lots (lottery) to choose a leader or successor for an office. That is real democracy. The Greeks called ballots for party or public candidate by a Greek word: Oligarchy.

Everyone who calls elections by the name of democracy doesn't know what democracy is. Democracy is not the 'choice of the people' but rather the 'random choice of God' from among the people. This is how the Greeks and Israelites originally practiced democratic elections. The idea of 'running for office' was anciently seen as a form of insurrection or oligarchy, not democracy.


    [?]ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES » 🌐
    @benroyce@mastodon.social

    "Ex-local leader of ’s party arrested at airport over case"

    tvpworld.com/92933472/hungary-

    have

    The has consequences

    *Not* voting also has consequences: you reward , you block

    Are you listening Americans?

    Do you want goons punished?

    And how do we achieve that?

    Are you going to put two plus two together in your mind and figure out that means four, and fucking vote?

    "But I want perfect, waah"

    😠😡🤬

    [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
    @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

    Voter : A Issue

    privacyinternational.org/long-

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      [?]Julie Hughes » 🌐
      @juliehuz@mastodon.world

      Thank you !!! I woke up feeling with more optimism and less existential dread than I have felt since 2024. Never let it be said that do not matter. They matter.

      Drone footage from Reuters of the massive crowd gathered in Hungary to celebrate the ousting of Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban.

      Alt...Drone footage from Reuters of the massive crowd gathered in Hungary to celebrate the ousting of Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban.

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        [?]Stefan Bohacek » 🌐
        @stefan@stefanbohacek.online

        Record turnout, landslide victory for the people of Hungary!

        Congratulations!

        bbc.com/news/live/c2d8zw2d3rkt

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          [?]OCTADE » 🌐
          @octade@soc.octade.net

          AFROMAN FOR PRESIDENT


          Tryptich photograph of Afroman wearing a red and white striped suit with blue fields of white stars like the American flag.

          Alt...Tryptich photograph of Afroman wearing a red and white striped suit with blue fields of white stars like the American flag.

            [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
            @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

            Swiss e-voting pilot can't count 2,048 ballots after USB keys fail to decrypt them

            theregister.com/2026/03/11/swi

              [?]Nonilex » 🌐
              @Nonilex@masto.ai

              agents arrived at the hub just south of with a search warrant seeking documents related to the in , including: all ballots, tabulator tapes from the scanners that tally the votes, electronic ballot images created when the ballots were counted & then recounted, & all voter rolls. The county has filed a motion seeking the return of the seized materials.

                [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                @Nonilex@masto.ai

                The & other organizations are asking a judge to protect personal voter information that was seized by the .…

                residents entrusted the with their “sensitive personal information” when they registered to , & the Jan 28 seizure of ballots & other documents from the hub “breached that guarantee, infringed constitutional protections of , & interfered with the right to vote,” the orgs said…


                apnews.com/article/fbi-georgia

                  [?]Toni Aittoniemi » 🌐
                  @gimulnautti@mastodon.green

                  @EUCommission My message to you:

                  oligarch like Elon Musk will meddle in European more than the Russians ever did!

                  We need to disconnect further from USA, and we need to do it quickly, or we might find ourselves in a Jan 6th situation, with or claiming elections were fraudulent, requesting military aid from the USA to help overturn the election ...

                  spectra.video/w/7x9A4cZD3QWtGF

                    [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                    @Nonilex@masto.ai

                    said Monday that it would hear a challenge to ’s counting of -in received after Election Day, a case that could upend mail-in ballot rules in dozens of , creating chaos leading up to the 2026 .

                      [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                      @Nonilex@masto.ai

                      Trump’s approval ratings have fallen sharply during the . Indeed, himself attributed ’ surprisingly dismal performance in Tuesday’s to the shutdown.

                      What’s more, ’ goal during the shutdown was to draw more public attention to , one of their strongest issues, & one where Republicans are engineering a social catastrophe.

                        [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                        @Nonilex@masto.ai

                        "If anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him. And if there is any way to terrify a despot, it is by dismantling the very conditions that allowed him to accumulate power," told a raucous crowd of supporters. "So Donald Trump, since I know you're watching, I have four words for you: turn the volume up."

                          [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                          @Nonilex@masto.ai

                          sweep first major of second term

                          Democrats swept a trio of races on Tuesday in the first major elections since Donald Trump regained the presidency, elevating a new generation of leaders and giving the beleaguered party a shot of momentum ahead of next year's congressional elections.

                          reuters.com/world/us/elections

                            [?]Erik Jonker » 🌐
                            @ErikJonker@mastodon.social

                            For Trump it is now clear he will be swept away in any coming fair election. The big question is what will he further do to prevent this. The stakes for him and his family/friends are high. Losing elections could mean prosecution and jail. Things could get even more ugly in the US.

                              [?]ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES » 🌐
                              @benroyce@mastodon.social

                              Some for you 🤭

                              A dejected Cuomo supporter Source: Heather Khalifa, AP

                              Alt...A dejected Cuomo supporter Source: Heather Khalifa, AP

                                [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                The race to replace term-limited Gov. has taken on national dimensions from the start, serving as a testing ground for both parties one year ahead of national that could redirect the country’s course for the balance of Trump’s 2nd term. It comes as the state lost in 3 successive presidential contests has been strained by many of his policies, particularly the steep cuts to the & the ongoing government .

                                  [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                  @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                  She ruled that the proof-of-citizenship directive is an violation of the , dealing a blow to the admin & its allies who have claimed such a mandate is necessary to restore public confidence that only Americans are voting in .

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                                    [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                    @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                    Federal judge rules can’t require proof on the federal voting form

                                    Trump’s request to add a documentary proof of citizenship requirement to the federal voter registration form cannot be enforced, a federal judge ruled Friday.

                                    US District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly in Washington, DC, sided with & groups that sued the Trump admin over his executive order to overhaul US .


                                    apnews.com/article/trump-elect

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                                      [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                      @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                      Push Through New Districts in Bid for More Seats in

                                      Republicans hold 10 of the state’s 15 seats in the . The new map improves the party’s odds of picking up two more in next year’s midterm .


                                      nytimes.com/2025/10/30/us/poli

                                        [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                        @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                        Janessa Goldbeck, a former US Marine Corps captain & chief executive of the Vet Voice Foundation, a non-profit advocacy group, said the order represented “an attempt by the president to normalize a national, militarized police force”.

                                        She predicted that force would be used to send to led by governors without their permission & could be used to suppress turnout and disrupt the fair operation of .

                                          [?]Erik Jonker » 🌐
                                          @ErikJonker@mastodon.social

                                          Amazing elections in the Netherlands (I am a member of the D66 party).
                                          theguardian.com/world/2025/oct

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                                            [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                            @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                            Since his second inauguration, has seized control over the & demanded the of the other powerful institutions of American society — , , companies [& more]. The question weighing heavily on the minds of many Americans is whether Trump will subvert next year’s or the 2028 presidential to extend his reign.

                                              [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                              @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                              For most of ’s 2nd term, have bent to his will. But in 2 Midwestern states, Trump’s plan to maintain control of the US in next year’s election by having Republicans redraw congressional districts has hit a roadblock.

                                              Despite weeks of campaigning by the White House, Republicans in & say their party doesn’t have enough votes to pass new, more -friendly maps.


                                              apnews.com/article/redistricti

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                                                [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                                @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                                Will Monitor in & ahead of the Nov 4 election.

                                                The admin said that monitors will watch polling in 2 states, led by , where key races or issues are on the ballot.

                                                Voter fraud is exceedingly rare, but Trump & other since Trump lost to Biden in 2020 continue to spread disinformation about election integrity.


                                                nytimes.com/2025/10/24/us/poli

                                                  [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                                  @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                                  But the admin has taken other aggressive steps to assert more sway over .

                                                  , for instance, is compiling the largest set of national roll data it has ever collected, an effort to try to prove unsubstantiated claims that large numbers of undocumented immigrants have voted illegally, The Times previously reported.


                                                  nytimes.com/2025/09/09/us/poli

                                                    [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                                    @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                                    …The moves by to elevate deniers portends escalating battles over how much his admin wields over balloting across the country.

                                                    Already this year, have affirmed that the president has no legal authority over , which have long been the domain of & governments. Judges have largely blocked an executive order that Trump issued in March requiring, among other changes, documentary proof of citizenship to vote.

                                                      [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                                      @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                                      These changes are unfolding as takes other steps to create more structural advantages for ahead of the 2026 , including pressuring led states to redraw congressional district lines to maximize the party’s chances of keeping control of the .

                                                      Now ofcls who have spent years trying to debunk false claims that the voting systems were tilted against Trump are assessing how to work with some of the most fervent proponents of those claims.

                                                        [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                                        @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                                        Heather Honey, a leader in that movement until her appointment in August as deputy assistant secretary for *election integrity*, complained that her department’s experts tasked with combating about had “strayed from their mission.”

                                                          [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                                          @Nonilex@masto.ai

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                                                          Empowers , Still Fixated on False 2020 Grievances

                                                          Trump has placed proponents of his into government jobs while dismantling systems built to secure voting, raising fears that he aims to seize authority over ahead of next year’s .


                                                          nytimes.com/2025/10/22/us/poli

                                                            [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                                            @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                                            State Senate Approves New Congressional Map in Effort to Add a Seat

                                                            The admin has pushed nationwide to redraw district maps before the midterm next year.


                                                            nytimes.com/2025/10/21/us/nort

                                                              [?]Simon Greenwood [He/Him] » 🌐
                                                              @simon@gotosocial.grnwds.uk

                                                              I've voted in the National Trust board elections but there are way too many candidates on the ballot to make an informed decision, apart from risking an eye at the Reform Trust website to see who not to vote for. There are something like 40 candidates, all saying similar things and I don't who any of them are. In the end I voted for the recommendations, but I might have well as just picked seven at random, which is about as democratic. #nationaltrust #elections

                                                                [?]Philosophics » 🌐
                                                                @microglyphics@mastodon.social

                                                                Democracy is a three-body problem to orders of magnitude.
                                                                Newton's clean equations work with two bodies. Add a third, and chaos sets in—no stable orbit, no final answer. Condorcet showed the same instability in voting: even perfectly rational citizens can produce collective contradictions.

                                                                philosophics.blog/2025/10/03/d

                                                                Professor at blackboard

                                                                Alt...Professor at blackboard

                                                                  [?]Pepe el del Molino » 🌐
                                                                  @Pepeeldelmolino@mastodon.social

                                                                  @CampodeJuncos

                                                                  Yo esto ya lo veo conseguido. Le ha costado, pero aquí está, como Supertramp profetizó y pidió, y ahora no es ofensivo. Al contrario, siempre lo hemos querido todxs.

                                                                  estadodederecho +

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