Elections matter. Elections have consequences.
These are lines that we have heard quite a bit lately. And although the corporate supremacy remains largely unchallenged in this nation, there have been some changes for the positive in recent years, despite the obvious Reign of Error known as the Trump administration.
In just this past election, one state managed the distinction of becoming the first state with a majority of women legislatures.
Yes, that's right. Women now constitute a majority in the Nevada state legislature. This marks the first time that any state has seen a female majority in the government.
Personally, I think this is good news. Men have had their turn for a very long time now, and things are pretty damn screwed up, are they now?
Maybe it is time to really try something new. We could do worse than trusting women with some real power for a change, instead of turning to the same old same old.
Here are the specifics, as written by Michelle L. Price of the Associated Press (see link below):
Nevada became the first state in the U.S. with an overall female majority in the Legislature on Tuesday when county officials in Las Vegas appointed two women to fill vacancies in the state Assembly.
The appointments of Democrats Rochelle Thuy Nguyen and Beatrice Angela Duran to two Las Vegas-area legislative seats give women 51 percent of the 63 seats in the Legislature.
Women will hold nine of 21 seats in the state Senate, falling short of a majority in that chamber. But they will hold 24 of 42 seats in the Assembly, comprising 57 percent in that chamber and giving women enough numbers to make the two chambers an overall female majority.
Nevada just became the 1st U.S. state to have a female-majority legislature By — Michelle L. Price, Associated Press Politics, Dec 18, 2018:
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