The group that monitors elections for the Helsinki Accords has issued a report on the 2010 election in the United States. See it here. It includes 27 pages of text. International human rights observers tend to notice deficiencies in U.S. … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: January 2011
Last month, Americans Elect Party submitted approximately 21,000 signatures to qualify as a party in Nevada. This is three times as many signatures as are legally required. By January 7, the Secretary of State will probably have determined that the … Continue reading
On January 3, California Assemblymember Paul Fong, chair of the Assembly Elections Committee, introduced AB 80. It moves the presidential primary from February to June. … Continue reading
On January 4, the U.S. Supreme Court gave the Federal Election Commission a 30-day delay in filing a response in Cao v FEC, 10-776. This is the case in which the national Republican Party and one of its past congressional … Continue reading
Nebraska and Maine are the only states that let the voters of each U.S. House district choose their own presidential elector. In 2008, one of Nebraska’s U.S. House districts chose a Democratic elector, so the electoral college vote in 2008 … Continue reading