The total vote cast in the U.S. in regularly-scheduled elections for independent candidates for State Senate in November 2010 was 302,051 votes. When the same seats were up in November 2006, independent candidates received 152,151 votes. Forty-two states held State … Continue reading
Montana State Senator Joe Balyeat (R-Bozeman) has introduced SB 257, to make it possible for two parties to jointly nominate the same candidate. If a candidate is the nominee of two parties, his or her name would be on the … Continue reading
In November 2008, voters in Stephenson County, Illinois, elected an independent candidate to the County Board from district K. He was George Kinney, and he defeated his only opponent, the Republican nominee, by a margin of 52.4% to 47.6%. Board … Continue reading
Bills to establish the National Popular Vote Plan in Mississippi failed to pass by the deadline for bills to pass committee, so the bills cannot pass this year. The bills, SB 2752 and HB 1244, had been introduced by Senator … Continue reading
Michael Peroutka, the Constitution Party’s presidential nominee in 2004, recently was the guest speaker at a Republican Party Club in his home state of Maryland, according to this news story. Peroutka was also the vice-presidential nominee in 2008 of the … Continue reading
