On August 7, the Libertarian Party will file a lawsuit against the District of Columbia Board of Elections, over the Board’s refusal to count write-ins for Bob Barr for president in November 2008. UPDATE: the case was filed on August … Continue reading
On August 6, the Federal Election Commission released its book Federal Elections 2008. It contains the number of votes cast by state for each presidential candidate. It also contains the number of votes received by each candidate for Congress in … Continue reading
New York city councilmember Alan Gerson is running for re-election in the September 2009 Democratic primary. He is currently off the ballot. He needed 900 valid signatures and he submitted 7,000. But some of the petitions, containing about 1,000 signatures, … Continue reading
Detroit voted for Mayor on August 4, 2009, using a non-partisan election. D’Artagnan Collier campaigned as the nominee of the Socialist Equality Party, and polled 1.4% of the vote in a six-candidate field. Although this is a modest percentage, it … Continue reading
On August 6, Arizona Representative Doug Quelland filed a lawsuit in state court to retain his seat in the legislature. The Clean Elections Commission had voted 4-1 to remove him from office, back on May 15, 2009. Arizona’s public funding … Continue reading
