On January 12, California held a special election to fill the vacant 72nd Assembly seat. The results: Republican Chris Norby 62.88%; Democrat John MacMurray 31.04%; Green Jane Rands 6.08%. The last time this seat was up, in November 2008, the … Continue reading
A group in Vermont has formed the Vermont Independence Day Party, which believes that Vermont should secede from the United States. It plans to place nominees on the 2010 ballot for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and 7 State Senate seats. See … Continue reading
On January 12, the city manager of Berkeley, California, sent a letter to the city manager of San Leandro, California, indicating that Berkeley will use Instant Runoff Voting for its own city elections this year. There will be no June … Continue reading
OMB Watch, January 12, has this analytical article about the recent 9th circuit decision from Washington state that said the Voting Rights Act is relevant to the issue of whether felons may vote. That decision is Farrakhan v Gregoire. … Continue reading
In 2008, the Tennessee legislature passed a law, requiring that all vote-counting machines must have a paper trail, starting in 2010. Currently, 93 of the 95 counties use electronic vote-counting machines that do not provide a paper trail. According to … Continue reading
