Note: I had the opportunity to correspond with the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights for a second U.S. election. My email response to the provided address, as well as the variants I attempted, kept bouncing. The following is a response to the follow-up request for feedback on the ODIHR's Statement of Preliminary Findings and Conclusions for the 2022 mid-term elections. ​Special thanks to Tim Runkle for first putting me in touch with OSCE monitors in 2020.

Greetings, <Redacted> and <Redacted>:
 
I'll save you an excuse for my not responding a week ago, more or less, but I sincerely apologize for the delay.
 
The [OSCE/ODIHR] findings on the 2022 general election (has) informed me that the majority of U.S. states (33) authorize their legislatures to modify boundaries for Congressional districts and preferential votes. I believe the politics of state legislatures are skewed by the high stakes inherent to the two mass parties' attempt to tip the scales of power between themselves. I find this evidenced by generous campaign financing... [that] permits... concealment, as referenced by the [OSCE/ODIHR] press release, of monetary contributions [from] non-profit organizations. If 2022 mailers and Youtube commercials here in Pennsylvania are any indication, then there appears to be more non-profits providing anything from monetary assistance to multimedia aid than there are headline candidates.​

Thank you to the OSCE for continuing its mandate despite a Limited Election Observation Mission (LEOM). I'll share these provided links and subsequent final report with my social media, friends, and political colleagues.
 
Regards,
 
Jubalyn ExWilliams
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
landturn.com
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Jubalyn ExWilliams lives in Pennsylvania (United States). In addition to 2022, she corresponded with international election observers in Dauphin County, Pa. from the OSCE in 2020. You can find her writings and commentaries, including "Internat'l mission to U.S. elections: correspondence," at landturn.com/blog.

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Anybody catch the blood moon before dawn this morning?

Brought some binoculars to see some of the moon's features, but the view was dark and the reddish cast too subtle. For me, the shadow was far more visible to the naked eye.

Now that I think of it, I didn't see the face of the moon. The moon doesn't rotate on an axis like the Earth, does it?

On a related note, I went to a magnet school that remains a NASA Explorer School. Today I honored the school by visiting its Web page for the 2nd, maybe 3rd, time in my life.

I see the mural of the 4 little astronauts -- one of the middle two... [for which I] was a model... -- was redrawn and painted over with 4 new little astronauts.

[The original mural was up for] 30 years, so I'm not mad.

Decades from now, at my memorial service, please start my obituary with a little humor:
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"Jubalyn was an astronaut! For 30 years!"

A Facebook post that originally appeared on the date above.

Jubalyn ExWilliams lives in Pennsylvania (United States). You can find her writings and perspectives, including "Blood Moon: When I learned NASA Explorer School repainted astronaut mural I was part of," at landturn.com/blog.

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