California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed four bills last month that would have inhibited the initiative process in some way. A previous blog post of October 12 said that he had vetoed SB 34, to make it illegal to pay initiative … Continue reading
The Whig Party, a new party with a special concern for the problems of veterans, had a candidate on the New Jersey ballot last week for Assembly, 14th district. The candidate, Gene Baldassari, polled 1.22% of the vote, according to … Continue reading
The unofficial vote totals for each candidate for New Jersey Governor from last week’s election are: Republican (Chris Christie) 1,004,219 Democratic (Jon Corzine) 962,130 independent (Chris Daggett) 120,821 Libertarian (Ken Kaplan) 4,246 Socialist (Greg Pason) 1,908 Other independents: Gary Steele … Continue reading
According to this news story, Hawaii’s Elections Chief plans to ask the federal government for a waiver (for 2010 only) of the new federal law that requires states to mail foreign absentee ballots at least 45 days before an election. … Continue reading
The Illinois 8th U.S. House district is one of the more closely balanced congressional districts in the nation. In 2004 it switched from the Republicans to the Democrats, when Melissa Bean defeated long-time incumbent Philip Crane. Bean has been re-elected … Continue reading
