National Public Radio has this balanced article about how many independent voters there are in the U.S. The article is written by Scott Neuman. The article does not refer to voter registration data. Current data shows that 42.64% of the … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: March 2012
On March 26, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Pennsylvania election officials, and Pennsylvania state courts, cannot enforce a state law that says petitioners cannot work outside their home districts. The case is In Re: The Nomination Petitions and … Continue reading
John Wolfe, Jr., of Chattanooga, Tennessee polled 11.83% of the vote in the March 24 Democratic presidential primary in Louisiana, according to the Secretary of State’s unofficial election returns. Four candidates were on the ballot in that primary. President Obama … Continue reading
The Virginia deadline for getting candidates on the June 2012 congressional primary has now passed. The U.S. Senate seat up this year is an open seat, because incumbent U.S. Senator James Webb is not running for re-election. Only one Democrat, … Continue reading
According to this story, Texas Democrats are exerting themselves to help defeat Kesha Rogers in the Democratic primary for U.S. House, 22nd district. The district is strongly Republican. Two candidates filed in the Democratic primary. One of them, Rogers, supports … Continue reading
This news story demonstrates persuasively that despite the bad treatment of independent candidates in certain states in the U.S., there are far worse places in the world for independent candidates. … Continue reading