In 2006, a group of seasoned campaign professionals, including both Republicans and Democrats, proposed to create a “third force” in the 2008 presidential election which would be centrist. The group called itself Unity08, and proposed an on-line “national presidential primary” … Continue reading
Washington, D.C., held a partisan election for Mayor last week. The results: Vincent Gray, Democrat, 90,552 votes; write-ins, 27,874 votes; Statehood Green Party nominee Faith (a person with a one-word name) 1,341 votes; independent Carlos Allen 2,042 votes; Socialist Workers … Continue reading
Emory University Law Professor Michael Kang has a guest blog post at ElectionLawBlog, suggesting that it would be good policy to ease ballot access laws for the general election, and also to repeal “sore loser” laws. Kang says that if … Continue reading
Emory University Law Professor Michael Kang has a guest blog post at ElectionLawBlog, suggesting that it would be good policy to ease ballot access laws for the general election, and also to repeal “sore loser” laws. Kang says that if … Continue reading
At the November 2, 2010 election, Garrett County, Maryland voters elected a write-in candidate to seat 3 of the County Board of Commissioners. The election is partisan. The county was elected three at-large commissioners. Write-in candidate Bob Gatto received 4,112 … Continue reading
