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This week’s Feedback Friday topic is:
Prelude to “The War for 2024”
Next Tuesday, Marylanders and, indeed, most Americans, will cast their votes in the U.S. Midterm and Gubernatorial General elections. What’s Up? Media’s political correspondent, Mark Croatti, has written that this year’s elections are fundamentally important to how our elections will be held in the future (and our democracy, in general). He writes in the recently published article Prelude to The War for 2024:
“Against the backdrop of the televised January 6 hearings in Congress last July, Maryland’s 2022 Primary Election results were interpreted by many as a victory by former President Donald Trump in his proxy war against Governor Larry Hogan when Trump-endorsed State Delegate Dan Cox triumphed over Hogan’s choice, former Commerce Secretary Kelly Schulz, to become the Republican nominee for governor. However, as the hearings and primaries competed for the public’s attention, you might have missed the major electoral reforms being proposed that, if passed, will significantly change how future elections are held. By either granting or denying specific powers to the many state officials in charge of not only how a state’s electoral process works but also, by extension, how Electoral College votes are then certified by a state, the reforms will directly affect who controls the national government. Thus, the often overlooked, ignored, or misunderstood role that states have in determining the levers of power at the national level has become the new battleground not only in Maryland, but across the United States, alongside the usual concerns about the status of the economy.”
The full article outlines electoral reforms, key issues on the 2022 ballot, and the candidates that Marylanders will be voting for next Tuesday. Read the full text here.
What do you think about electoral reforms, the importance of this election, and its consequences?
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