Nathaniel Rakich
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Managing editor @votebeat.org. Fall 2025 fellow at the Syracuse University Institute for Democracy, Journalism & Citizenship. Former senior editor and senior elections analyst at FiveThirtyEight. Email, don't DM: nrakich at votebeat dot org
You can cut the Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Cowardly Lion plotlines completely. Not everyone needs an origin story!
November 24, 2025 at 12:13 AM
You can cut the Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Cowardly Lion plotlines completely. Not everyone needs an origin story!
I actually think the first act is a perfectly good self-contained story. My ideal solution might've been to fold "For Good" and Nessa's heel turn into the first movie and then not made a second movie at all.
November 24, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I actually think the first act is a perfectly good self-contained story. My ideal solution might've been to fold "For Good" and Nessa's heel turn into the first movie and then not made a second movie at all.
You don’t have to imagine en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorr_Re...
Dorr Rebellion - Wikipedia
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November 19, 2025 at 9:28 PM
You don’t have to imagine en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorr_Re...
The troubled Hamtramck, MI, mayoral election was certified today. Adam Alharbi won by only 6 votes, meaning the 37 rejected absentee ballots easily could have changed the outcome. Now we wait to see if the loser will challenge the result. www.votebeat.org/michigan/202...
November 19, 2025 at 12:06 AM
The troubled Hamtramck, MI, mayoral election was certified today. Adam Alharbi won by only 6 votes, meaning the 37 rejected absentee ballots easily could have changed the outcome. Now we wait to see if the loser will challenge the result. www.votebeat.org/michigan/202...
Awesome news, congrats!
November 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Awesome news, congrats!
Turns out the 37 uncounted absentee ballots in Hamtramck were left in an office that was accessed by non-elections personnel—so they're being thrown out.
Again, the Hamtramck mayoral election is currently an 11-vote race. www.votebeat.org/michigan/202...
Again, the Hamtramck mayoral election is currently an 11-vote race. www.votebeat.org/michigan/202...
November 14, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Turns out the 37 uncounted absentee ballots in Hamtramck were left in an office that was accessed by non-elections personnel—so they're being thrown out.
Again, the Hamtramck mayoral election is currently an 11-vote race. www.votebeat.org/michigan/202...
Again, the Hamtramck mayoral election is currently an 11-vote race. www.votebeat.org/michigan/202...
Right, it's kind of its own category. Of course, not passing a 10-year map back in 2021 was itself a voluntary choice...
November 13, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Right, it's kind of its own category. Of course, not passing a 10-year map back in 2021 was itself a voluntary choice...
Ohio wasn't court-ordered, it's just part of state law that the map wasn't good for the whole decade.
November 13, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Ohio wasn't court-ordered, it's just part of state law that the map wasn't good for the whole decade.