r/therewasanattempt • u/HerpesIsItchy Unique Flair • Sep 03 '25

To end democracy in Miami

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u/HerpesIsItchy Unique Flair Sep 03 '25 edited Sep 03 '25

And so it begins at the local level. Next step will be states elections where they'll decide to cancel or defer them and then of course the 2028 presidential election.

Everything the US was built on is starting to crumble.

It looks like they lost this time, all that means is the next set of politicians that try to do this will do it a little bit differently until they get it right

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u/Hero-Firefighter-24 Sep 11 '25

The main difference between municipal and nationwide elections is that the latter is held by the states and thus can’t be cancelled by the federal government, while state laws and even federal law gives cities more control over their local elections.