Portland, Maine, used Instant Runoff Voting for its city elections last month for the first time. The Bangor Daily News has this story about reactions to Portland’s experience. The story reveals that an opponent of Instant Runoff Voting from San … Continue reading
On December 19, Sarah Palin said publicly, “It’s not too late for folks to jump in” to the race for the Republican presidential nomination. See this story. Thanks to Political Wire for the link. … Continue reading
Last month, some Democratic Party activists and their allies filed two lawsuits against the new district boundaries for North Carolina U.S. House seats and legislative seats. The cases are in state court and are called Dickson v Rucho, and North … Continue reading
On December 19, Orange County, California finished checking the Americans Elect petition signatures from that county and reported the results to the California Secretary of State. There are now more than enough valid signatures on the petition, even though not … Continue reading
Now that the Pennsylvania petition requirement for 2012 is known (see post immediately below), it is possible to know almost exactly that the national petition total for a presidential candidate to get on all 51 ballots in 2012 will be … Continue reading
