@psychothumbs@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish • 10 months agoWith democracy on the ballot, the mainstream press must change its wayswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up1336cross-posted to: politics@lemmy.mlnews@kbin.social
arrow-up1336external-linkWith democracy on the ballot, the mainstream press must change its wayswww.theguardian.com@psychothumbs@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish • 10 months agomessage-square64fedilinkcross-posted to: politics@lemmy.mlnews@kbin.social
minus-square@psychothumbs@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglish1•10 months agoAre you really claiming to not get the expression “X is on the ballot” to mean it will make a big issue for issue X which party wins? Like for example in 2024 in addition to democracy, abortion will be on the ballot.
minus-squareJeremy [Iowa]linkfedilinkEnglish2•10 months agoRather, “to be subject to a vote in an election” e.g. [democracy] is on the ballot aka is subject to a vote in an election.
Are you really claiming to not get the expression “X is on the ballot” to mean it will make a big issue for issue X which party wins? Like for example in 2024 in addition to democracy, abortion will be on the ballot.
Rather, “to be subject to a vote in an election” e.g. [democracy] is on the ballot aka is subject to a vote in an election.