The Federal Election Commission has compiled a chart, showing congressional primary dates, presidential primary dates, and dates of major party presidential caucuses. See it here. It was correct as of October 24, 2011. There have been a handful of changes … Continue reading
This Roll Call article says that the failure of the Ohio legislature to advance HB 369 this week means that the state will indeed hold its presidential primary and its primary for U.S. House on June 12. Thanks to Rick … Continue reading
As mentioned earlier, on November 1, the Ohio Secretary of State put five minor parties on the ballot for 2012, even though none of them had satisfied the statutory requirement for a petition. The Columbus Dispatch, daily newspaper of Ohio’s … Continue reading
The Louisiana Secretary of State posts new voter registration totals on his web page every month, but those statistics never include any parties except the Democratic and Republican Parties, even though Louisiana has five qualified parties. However, on November 3, … Continue reading
Freakonomics has this story about Instant Runoff Voting, with an emphasis on the Portland, Maine Mayoral election of November 8, 2011. The story shows the ballot, which allows voters to rank as many candidates as they wish. The election has … Continue reading
