This lengthy article about Americans Elect in the Savannah Morning News has interesting details about how Americans Elect is being financed. Also, the article reveals that Americans Elect now has 45,000 signatures on its Georgia petition, obtained with 30 petitioners. … Continue reading
On November 28, Egypt elects members of the People’s Assembly, the lower house of the national legislature. See this explanation of the voting system. Voters fill 498 seats. 332 are chosen by proportional representation, using the party list system. The … Continue reading
Politico has this article by Rob Richie and Elise Helgesen, exploring the point that Republican national bylaws, if enforced, may lead to credentials challenges at the Republican national convention that convenes August 27, 2012. The bylaws say that states choosing … Continue reading
U.S. House district boundaries for 2012 are still unsettled in six of the seven most populous states. Only California’s U.S. House district boundaries are established. The legislatures of Florida, New York, and Pennsylvania still haven’t passed any congressional redistricting bills. … Continue reading
Americans Elect’s web page updates the number of signatures it has collected nationwide on a weekly basis. This week’s national total is 2,107,742, which is 50,501 signtures more than the previous week’s total.
