It is Sunday here in Utah as it is back home in Alpine, California. It seems like I have been traveling for a long while, first three weeks in Peru’s Andes Mountains and now a week in Utah. I wanted to share some thoughts about my trip, the people here…
La Mesa California
San Diego voters are set to cast ballots in a variety of local and statewide contests, including the race for California governor and a few contentious congressional districts, when polls open at 7 a.m. Tuesday. Here is what you need to know: Find your polling place There are hundreds of…
NBC stations around the country asked voters why they are or aren’t inspired to vote in the 2018 midterm elections. We received scores of responses from viewers who said they were of voting age and identified as Democrats, Republicans, Independents, or who preferred not to disclose their party affiliation. Check…
Gracie Lou Phillips, an 82-year-old North Texas woman who voted for the first time in her life last week, died surrounded by family members early Monday morning, her family confirms. Phillips, who was transitioning to hospice care when she joined 4.8 million Texans who chose to vote early in the…
A far-right troll told others that he was immediately banned from Twitter for deliberately sharing the wrong election date, according to NBC News, which had a reporter mistakenly added to trolls’ private chats online. “Were they really banning people for saying [vote on] November 7? Lol, whoops,” wrote the user,…


