Really? No Vote by Proxy?

So I realize I’ve been on a political kick of late, and don’t mean to annoy, but I’m really getting more vocal about politics, not because politics resolve a lot, but because public awareness can help people make better choices.

To be eligible…to vote by proxy…shall be at a higher risk from….COVID-19…

Apparently, California State Assemblymember, Oakland’s Buffy Wicks, was not considered “… at a higher risk… “, because she was declined the right to vote by proxy. But here’s where things are cattywampus1: She has a newborn and had to drive 82 miles, from Oakland to Sacramento, where the California legislative body meets2. Then and only then, was she able to vote on a bill being decided.

Now an hour drive, even on congested California freeways, might not be so bad during Shelter-in-Place, with lighter traffic, but Assemblymember Wicks should not have had to travel with her vulnerable newborn. At least that is my strong opinion. Not only that, but she’d likely have to have taken a longer route to bypass the many fires between her home in Oakland, and the Capitol Building in Sacramento3.

[image error]Calfire Partial Incident Map

Is this another example of Republicans trying to circumvent voting, this time in the context of the CA State Assembly? Again, my agenda is not partisan in this instance, and many respected Republicans are endorsing Biden/Harris, like Colin Powell, because they recognize that Biden understands that reducing “anarchy” is not going to be accomplished best by supression and more racism, but by inclusion and a commitment to ending racial killings.

1The definition of cattywampus, often spelled catawampus, is not lined up or not arranged correctly…

2Strangly, while capital relates to money, it is also the word for the capital city of a state in the U.S.A., but when referring to a legislative meetingplace in the Capital, one would use the word, Capitol (Building).

3She probably had to take 24 to 580 to 5 to avoid most fires.