by The polls are still open up and down the East Coast. Of course, they are open in the time zones west of here.
As a reminder to North Carolinians, the polls close at 7:30pm EST. In case you are wondering who is pro-gun rights and who is anti, the Grass Roots NC Political Victory Fund has these recommendations. As of yesterday, almost 4.5 million votes have already been cast between early voting and absentee ballots returned. You can follow the election results for North Carolina on the State Board of Elections Results Dashboard. I like this better than any TV or radio station as you get the actual, up-to-the-minute results without all the useless commentary.
For other states, a number of organizations have their own scorecards. NSSF has their ratings of members of Congress here. Gun Owners of America has their voter guide on this page. The NRA Political Victory Fund has their grades on candidates by state here.
Conversely, if you want to know who is running that would joyfully trample on your God-given, Constitutionally enumerated rights, Everytown has their search engine for “gunsense” candidates here. Unlike many other endorsement or ratings lists, Everytown drills down as low as candidates for board of education along with the usual legislative, state level, and national endorsements. I have to give them credit for realizing that candidates for school boards now are the congressional candidates of the future. Moreover, these are the people who will be pushing teachers to indoctrinate students with their anti-rights rhetoric.
Bloomberg-funded The Trace has a list of items that they say Donald Trump will toss if elected. It starts with ATF Director Steve Dettelbach and ends with Biden’s executive orders. I was already going to vote for Trump so they didn’t have to use this list to convince me but I’m cool with it.
I have been registered to vote for over 49 years and have never (ever!) missed voting in an election or primary since then. This includes municipal elections and second primaries. I have no sympathy for complaints from anyone of any political stripe who didn’t vote when given the opportunity.
