The results of yesterday's elections are in, and my faith in the American democratic process is . . . well, if it's not renewed, at least it's not completely and utterly beyond redemption.
In Ohio, a ballot measure that would have restricted collective bargaining rights failed (by a margin of 61 to 39 percent), as did the ballot measure in Mississippi that would have declared a fertilized egg a person. Also, in Maine, a new law to ban same-day voter registration on Election Day was repealed, and Arizona State Senate President Russell Pearce - the author of the state's racist anti-immigrant law - was forced out of office in a recall.
In Kentucky, Democratic Governor Steve Beshear was re-elected by running away from President Obama's policies, while Mississippi elected another Republican - Phil Bryant - to succeed Haley Barbour as governor. Republicans in Virginia gained power in the state legislature, while Democrats kept control of both houses of the New Jersey state legislature. So I guess it was kind of a wash.
And you can hold your comments my post yesterday regarding Louisiana's gubernatorial election, rendered unnecessary by its open primary. I give up, I just can't keep up with Louisiana's procedures for statewide elections. I don't know how they're run, although not very well, obviously.
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