Michelle W
@mcwspeaks.bsky.social
Doer of good trouble.
Seeker of cool sunsets.
Education | Democracy | Ranked Choice Voting | Public Financing | Body Positivity & Autonomy | Joy
Seeker of cool sunsets.
Education | Democracy | Ranked Choice Voting | Public Financing | Body Positivity & Autonomy | Joy
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First day of #earlyvoting in Greenbelt is done! Thanks to all our volunteers. We will be out again tomorrow and on Election Day (November 4).
Let's get out and vote YES on question 1!
Volunteer for Early Voting or Election Day support at rcvmd.org/events
#rankedchoicevoting #Yeson1
Let's get out and vote YES on question 1!
Volunteer for Early Voting or Election Day support at rcvmd.org/events
#rankedchoicevoting #Yeson1
November 1, 2025 at 9:53 PM
First day of #earlyvoting in Greenbelt is done! Thanks to all our volunteers. We will be out again tomorrow and on Election Day (November 4).
Let's get out and vote YES on question 1!
Volunteer for Early Voting or Election Day support at rcvmd.org/events
#rankedchoicevoting #Yeson1
Let's get out and vote YES on question 1!
Volunteer for Early Voting or Election Day support at rcvmd.org/events
#rankedchoicevoting #Yeson1
A Fair Deal for Greenbelt: How Ranked Choice Voting Can Bring Fair Representation to Greenbelt
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October 31, 2025 at 12:11 AM
A Fair Deal for Greenbelt: How Ranked Choice Voting Can Bring Fair Representation to Greenbelt
www.greenbeltonline.org/ranked-choic...
@cityofgreenbelt.bsky.social @rcvmd.org
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@cityofgreenbelt.bsky.social @rcvmd.org
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Most of the power authoritarians have is freely given. We should not comply with them in advance.
Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.
We have been sent here to fight for people.
Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.
We have been sent here to fight for people.
AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance
However, they are weaker than they look…
However, they are weaker than they look…
October 1, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Most of the power authoritarians have is freely given. We should not comply with them in advance.
Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.
We have been sent here to fight for people.
Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.
We have been sent here to fight for people.
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We are thrilled to announce Michelle Whittaker is joining our team as Communications Director! Swipe through to read more about the extraordinary wealth of knowledge she is bringing to Rank the Vote!
September 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
We are thrilled to announce Michelle Whittaker is joining our team as Communications Director! Swipe through to read more about the extraordinary wealth of knowledge she is bringing to Rank the Vote!
We can help end government gridlock by implementing electoral systems like proportional representation. This afternoon our Executive Director is moderating a panel on #ProportionalRepresentation at @netrootsnation.bsky.social, will we see you there?
#NN25 #NetrootsNation2025 #NetrootsNation
#NN25 #NetrootsNation2025 #NetrootsNation
August 9, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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📣 Big Day for Ranked Choice Voting!!!
TONIGHT Annapolis Aldermen Harry Huntley and Rob Savage officially introduce legislation for the city to use #rankedchoicevoting!
O-35-25, Ranked-Choice Voting in Annapolis City Elections is on the agenda tonight!
Thank you @hmhuntley & @rob.savidge!
TONIGHT Annapolis Aldermen Harry Huntley and Rob Savage officially introduce legislation for the city to use #rankedchoicevoting!
O-35-25, Ranked-Choice Voting in Annapolis City Elections is on the agenda tonight!
Thank you @hmhuntley & @rob.savidge!
July 28, 2025 at 10:38 PM
📣 Big Day for Ranked Choice Voting!!!
TONIGHT Annapolis Aldermen Harry Huntley and Rob Savage officially introduce legislation for the city to use #rankedchoicevoting!
O-35-25, Ranked-Choice Voting in Annapolis City Elections is on the agenda tonight!
Thank you @hmhuntley & @rob.savidge!
TONIGHT Annapolis Aldermen Harry Huntley and Rob Savage officially introduce legislation for the city to use #rankedchoicevoting!
O-35-25, Ranked-Choice Voting in Annapolis City Elections is on the agenda tonight!
Thank you @hmhuntley & @rob.savidge!
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When someone asks what parenting be like… 😂🤣
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July 20, 2025 at 1:55 AM
When someone asks what parenting be like… 😂🤣
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Thanks to our donors, we soared past our goal to raise $15,000 by March.
Your support helps RCV Maryland
- Engage Marylanders across the state,
- Host educational and outreach events, and
- Support our staff and volunteer team leads
Your support helps RCV Maryland
- Engage Marylanders across the state,
- Host educational and outreach events, and
- Support our staff and volunteer team leads
April 2, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Thanks to our donors, we soared past our goal to raise $15,000 by March.
Your support helps RCV Maryland
- Engage Marylanders across the state,
- Host educational and outreach events, and
- Support our staff and volunteer team leads
Your support helps RCV Maryland
- Engage Marylanders across the state,
- Host educational and outreach events, and
- Support our staff and volunteer team leads
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Women leaders are having insightful conversations and holding hope for a healthy, representative democracy. Read Digital Media Manager Ria Deshmukh's and Communications Manager Arianna Conte's op-ed in @msmagazine.com for a recap of this timely summit. msmagazine.com/2025/03/25/f...
While Trump Sows Division, Women Leaders Chart a Path Forward for Democracy
During the same week as the president’s address to Congress, RepresentWomen held our annual Democracy Solutions Summit. This solutions-oriented event allowed us to imagine what our democracy could loo...
msmagazine.com
April 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Women leaders are having insightful conversations and holding hope for a healthy, representative democracy. Read Digital Media Manager Ria Deshmukh's and Communications Manager Arianna Conte's op-ed in @msmagazine.com for a recap of this timely summit. msmagazine.com/2025/03/25/f...
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Authoritarians depend on you obeying in advance and not resisting. Every act of disruption weakens them and slows down their plan. It's a crack. The cracks add up. This is why what Cory Booker is doing is important compared to the weak complicity of Schumer and others.
April 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Authoritarians depend on you obeying in advance and not resisting. Every act of disruption weakens them and slows down their plan. It's a crack. The cracks add up. This is why what Cory Booker is doing is important compared to the weak complicity of Schumer and others.
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"highly technical conversations with colleagues at other government agencies involving sensitive military positions and powerful weapons systems relating to an ongoing conflict..."
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Waltz and staff used Gmail for government communications, officials say
Trump’s national security adviser is trying to manage his way out of a crisis. But new revelations about his team’s operational security are piling up in the inbox.
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April 1, 2025 at 7:35 PM
"highly technical conversations with colleagues at other government agencies involving sensitive military positions and powerful weapons systems relating to an ongoing conflict..."
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Together, we can ensure everyone in Maryland has equal access to the ballot box! S.B. 342, a key component of the Maryland VRA is critical to ensuring every voice is heard. Maryland legislators: It’s time to act!
@latinojustice.bsky.social @acluofmaryland.bsky.social @campaignlegal.org
@latinojustice.bsky.social @acluofmaryland.bsky.social @campaignlegal.org
March 29, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Together, we can ensure everyone in Maryland has equal access to the ballot box! S.B. 342, a key component of the Maryland VRA is critical to ensuring every voice is heard. Maryland legislators: It’s time to act!
@latinojustice.bsky.social @acluofmaryland.bsky.social @campaignlegal.org
@latinojustice.bsky.social @acluofmaryland.bsky.social @campaignlegal.org
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Watch Michelle Whittaker's presentation online to the Montgomery County Board of Elections about how to implement #RankedChoiceVoting!
Meeting info: www.montgomerycountymd.gov/elections/in...
Meeting info: www.montgomerycountymd.gov/elections/in...
March 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Watch Michelle Whittaker's presentation online to the Montgomery County Board of Elections about how to implement #RankedChoiceVoting!
Meeting info: www.montgomerycountymd.gov/elections/in...
Meeting info: www.montgomerycountymd.gov/elections/in...
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Do you support #RankedChoiceVoting and live in #Maryland? We need you to advance HB1094 in #MDGA! Contact House Leaders: www.rcvmd.org/hl-hb1094
We are nearing a critical deadline to keep HB1094 moving forward. We need all Marylanders, no matter where you live in the state, to contact House Leaders by March 17 and urge them to advance HB1094 and support ranked choice voting!
Go to: www.rcvmd.org/hl-hb1094
#RankedChoiceVoting
Go to: www.rcvmd.org/hl-hb1094
#RankedChoiceVoting
March 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Do you support #RankedChoiceVoting and live in #Maryland? We need you to advance HB1094 in #MDGA! Contact House Leaders: www.rcvmd.org/hl-hb1094
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Utah's ranked choice voting pilot program has cut the cost of local elections by 40% and saved Utah taxpayers an estimated $800K!
Plus, RCV saves voters the cost and effort of participating in 2 separate elections. An all around win for voters and taxpayers!
Analysis from @fairvote.bsky.social
Plus, RCV saves voters the cost and effort of participating in 2 separate elections. An all around win for voters and taxpayers!
Analysis from @fairvote.bsky.social
Ranked choice voting saves Utah voters hundreds of thousands of dollars - FairVote
The Utah ranked choice voting pilot program has cut the cost of local elections by 40% and saved taxpayers an estimated $800,000.
fairvote.org
March 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Utah's ranked choice voting pilot program has cut the cost of local elections by 40% and saved Utah taxpayers an estimated $800K!
Plus, RCV saves voters the cost and effort of participating in 2 separate elections. An all around win for voters and taxpayers!
Analysis from @fairvote.bsky.social
Plus, RCV saves voters the cost and effort of participating in 2 separate elections. An all around win for voters and taxpayers!
Analysis from @fairvote.bsky.social
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BIG NEWS for Ranked Choice Voting in Connecticut!!!
A bill has been introduced which would allow for Ranked Choice Voting for municipal elections in CT. There will be a public hearing for this bill soon.
Push your representatives to support this bill!!!
www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabills...
A bill has been introduced which would allow for Ranked Choice Voting for municipal elections in CT. There will be a public hearing for this bill soon.
Push your representatives to support this bill!!!
www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabills...
Connecticut General Assembly
The Connecticut General Assembly 2025 Regular Session convenes January 8th, 2025 and adjourns June 4th, 2025
www.cga.ct.gov
March 13, 2025 at 8:06 PM
BIG NEWS for Ranked Choice Voting in Connecticut!!!
A bill has been introduced which would allow for Ranked Choice Voting for municipal elections in CT. There will be a public hearing for this bill soon.
Push your representatives to support this bill!!!
www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabills...
A bill has been introduced which would allow for Ranked Choice Voting for municipal elections in CT. There will be a public hearing for this bill soon.
Push your representatives to support this bill!!!
www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabills...
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This #WomensHistoryMonth, we're proud to feature the many women and nonbinary leaders that make change possible in the states!
Learn more about our state partners working on #RankedChoiceVoting here: rankthevote.us/take-action/...
Learn more about our state partners working on #RankedChoiceVoting here: rankthevote.us/take-action/...
March 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
This #WomensHistoryMonth, we're proud to feature the many women and nonbinary leaders that make change possible in the states!
Learn more about our state partners working on #RankedChoiceVoting here: rankthevote.us/take-action/...
Learn more about our state partners working on #RankedChoiceVoting here: rankthevote.us/take-action/...
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For your listening enjoyment: I discuss the proposal to use ranked choice voting #RCV in presidential primaries in Maryland as a guest on the Torrey Snow show on Baltimore's WBAL. For more info, check out @rcvmd.org!
Walter Olson discusses Senate Bill 383 ranked choice voting on WBAL’s The Torrey Snow Show
February 28, 2025
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March 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
For your listening enjoyment: I discuss the proposal to use ranked choice voting #RCV in presidential primaries in Maryland as a guest on the Torrey Snow show on Baltimore's WBAL. For more info, check out @rcvmd.org!
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Legislative Update from Executive Director, Michelle Whittaker:
On Monday, Del. Kaufman presented HB 1094 before the House Ways & Means Committee. This bill gives Montgomery County the ability to use ranked choice voting or approval voting for local county elections.
On Monday, Del. Kaufman presented HB 1094 before the House Ways & Means Committee. This bill gives Montgomery County the ability to use ranked choice voting or approval voting for local county elections.
February 25, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Legislative Update from Executive Director, Michelle Whittaker:
On Monday, Del. Kaufman presented HB 1094 before the House Ways & Means Committee. This bill gives Montgomery County the ability to use ranked choice voting or approval voting for local county elections.
On Monday, Del. Kaufman presented HB 1094 before the House Ways & Means Committee. This bill gives Montgomery County the ability to use ranked choice voting or approval voting for local county elections.
Awesome afternoon working as an assistant referee for the Naval Academy v. Cal State match.
Navy won 27-3.
#rugby #rugbylife
Navy won 27-3.
#rugby #rugbylife
February 23, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Awesome afternoon working as an assistant referee for the Naval Academy v. Cal State match.
Navy won 27-3.
#rugby #rugbylife
Navy won 27-3.
#rugby #rugbylife
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If you wonder how countries slip into dictatorship, it’s like this.
Amidst another flurry of news, an official adds at the end that Trump has signed an Executive Order saying that “only the President or Attorney General can speak for the US…as to what the law is.”
What?!
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Amidst another flurry of news, an official adds at the end that Trump has signed an Executive Order saying that “only the President or Attorney General can speak for the US…as to what the law is.”
What?!
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February 19, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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“‘We asked why they wouldn’t run the wrap when we clearly met the guidelines if they were allowing the internal ad,’ said Virginia Kase Solomón, the president and chief executive of Common Cause. ‘They said they were not at liberty to give us a reason.’”
The Washington Post pulled an ad that was set to run in some editions on Tuesday calling for Elon Musk to be fired from his role in government, a group that ordered the ad said. It would have covered the front and back pages of editions delivered to the White House, the Pentagon and Congress.
Washington Post Cancels Ad From Groups Calling for Trump to Fire Musk
The newspaper told Common Cause, an advocacy group, that it was pulling its special ad, which would have covered the front and back pages of some Tuesday editions.
nyti.ms
February 18, 2025 at 1:21 AM
“‘We asked why they wouldn’t run the wrap when we clearly met the guidelines if they were allowing the internal ad,’ said Virginia Kase Solomón, the president and chief executive of Common Cause. ‘They said they were not at liberty to give us a reason.’”
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The Prince George’s County special election primary is March 4 and a candidate has dropped out. 😳
With the way we vote now, that leave voters who have cast their ballot without a voice on the remaining candidates.
See how RCV works better: app.rankedvote.co/rcvmd/PGCEX/vote
With the way we vote now, that leave voters who have cast their ballot without a voice on the remaining candidates.
See how RCV works better: app.rankedvote.co/rcvmd/PGCEX/vote
February 17, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The Prince George’s County special election primary is March 4 and a candidate has dropped out. 😳
With the way we vote now, that leave voters who have cast their ballot without a voice on the remaining candidates.
See how RCV works better: app.rankedvote.co/rcvmd/PGCEX/vote
With the way we vote now, that leave voters who have cast their ballot without a voice on the remaining candidates.
See how RCV works better: app.rankedvote.co/rcvmd/PGCEX/vote
Mario Lopez doing AARP commercials is my signal that I am reaching a certain age… 😭
February 13, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Mario Lopez doing AARP commercials is my signal that I am reaching a certain age… 😭