Voting Matters and each vote needs to count!
Here's a look back at some of the closest races in U.S. history:
2018: The Democratic primary for Baltimore County executive in July was decided by just 17 votes.
2016: A Vermont state Senate Democratic primary was determined by a single vote out of more than 7,400 cast.
2016: A Vermont state House seat was determined by one vote out of 2,000. Here's what's really crazy: This was a rematch, and when they first faced each other in 2010, the race was also decided by one vote — in the other direction.
2016: A New Mexico state House seat was decided by two votes out of almost 14,000.
2016: A Wyoming state House GOP primary was decided by just one vote, 583 to 582.
2010: A state House race in Massachusetts ended in a tie, and the courts ordered a do-over. In the rerun, Republican Peter Durant wound up winning by just 56 votes out of about 8,000 cast.
2010: A state House race in Vermont was determined by one vote; another had a one-difference vote on Election Day, but was later widened to two).
2008: In the U.S. Senate race, Democrat Al Franken defeated Republican Norm Coleman by just 312 votes out of almost 2.9 million votes cast.
2008: An Alaska state House race was won by four votes out of 10,000.
2006: A Democratic primary for an Alaska state House seat was decided by a coin toss to break a tie. The winner, Bryce Edgmon, is currently speaker of the Alaska House.
2004: A special election in Radford, Va., for commonwealth's attorney was decided by one vote.
2002: A tie for a county commissioner seat in Nevada was determined by drawing the highest card. Amazingly, both candidates drew a jack, but the Democrat drew a jack of spades, which beat out the Republican's jack of diamonds.
2002: A GOP state House primary in Washington state was determined by one vote out of more than 11,000 cast. The person who lost had to wonder what might have been when one of his fellow police officers confided that he forgot to mail in his ballot. "He left his ballot on his kitchen counter and it never got sent out," he said.
2002: A Connecticut state House seat was determined by one vote out of more than 6,400 cast.
1998: A Massachusetts state House GOP primary race ended in a tie after more than 1,700 ballots were cast. The winner was determined by a judge.
1996: South Dakota Democrat John McIntyre led Republican Hal Wick by just four votes out of almost 8,400 for a state legislative seat. A subsequent recount showed Wick the winner — by just one vote, 4,192 to 4,191. But the state Supreme Court ruled that one ballot for Wick was invalid because of an overvote, resulting in a tie. Wick eventually won, because the tie was broken by the state legislature, which went for Wick, 46-20.
1994: A Wyoming state House seat ended in a 1,941-to-1,941 tie on Election Day. The tie was broken, live on NBC's Today show, with the secretary of state pulling a pingpong ball with the winning candidate's name on it out of the governor's hat. The winner went on to become speaker of the state House.
What is an Independent Contractor?
An independent contractor is defined at common law as one who exercises an independent employment and contracts to do certain work according to his own judgment and method without being subject to his employer except as to the result of his work... where the party for whom the work is being done retains the right to control and direct the manner in which the details of the work are to be executed, however, it is universally held that the relationship of employer and employee is created.
So -employees can get worker’s compensation benefits. No matter what you call a worker the courts can decide what they really are and if benefits are owed based on the facts of each case.
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Working from home and injured? That may be covered under workers compensation. It depends on the circumstances of the injury and if you were performing your duties at the time. Of course, just being injured at home may not qualify.
A worker working form home trips over her work computer cord may be entitled to benefits for medical treatment and lost wages. If that worker is taking a break and trips over her dog in the back yard the accident probably has nothing to do with the work and may not be covered.
Every case is fact specific and you should talk to a trained workers compensation lawyer before making a claim to see if it has merit.
Resolve to protect your right in the New Year! If you were injured at work get representation to help make sure you get the benefits you deserve!
Accidents happen. That’s what workers compensation is for.
