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The U.S. House has 435 voting members. It seems likely that on November 4, 2008, 30 of them switched from one major party to the other (relative to which party held the seat just before the election). The 24 districts … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: November 2008
In approximately half the states, the number of signatures required for a new party, or an independent candidate, depends on how many voters voted in the last election, or on how many people were registered to vote in the last … Continue reading
Oklahoma appears to be one of only two states in which fewer votes were cast for president in 2008 than in 2004. Oklahoma has finished its vote-counting, and the number of votes cast for president was 1,462,661. In 2004, the … Continue reading
Most states are still two weeks from having official vote totals announced. Many provisional ballots still haven’t been counted. In the most suspenseful U.S. House race in the nation, Ohio’s 15th district, the 27,000 provisional ballots haven’t been counted yet … Continue reading
On November 13, Arizona filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the Court to hear Nader v Brewer (which is now called Brewer v Nader). The Court hasn’t assigned the case number yet. The issues are (1) whether … Continue reading