In 2008, five Florida voters filed in the Green Party primary to run for the legislature. No Green Party leaders had ever been aware of them, and circumstantial evidence suggested that Republican Party activists had recruited them to run, for … Continue reading
In 2006 the voters of Pierce County, Washington (which includes Tacoma) passed a measure to use Instant Runoff Voting for county offices. This year, the Pierce County Council put a repeal of IRV on the November 3, 2009 ballot. The … Continue reading
Supporters of Instant Runoff Voting launched a statewide initiative in Massachusetts on September 11. The proposed initiative would provide that IRV would be used in primaries and general elections, for all partisan federal and state office except President. The group … Continue reading
The Mississippi Republican Party, and the Mississippi Secretary of State, Delbert Hosemann, have been backing a proposed initiative to ask the voters if voters at the polls should be required to show govenment photo-ID. However, according to this story, the … Continue reading
On September 18, the New York Supreme Court, Suffolk County, won its lawsuit to expel a mass entry into the party by members of four organizations that represent Long Island police, especially the Suffolk County Police Benevolent Association. New York … Continue reading
