On May 1, Public Policy Polling released this poll for the presidential election in Virginia. When Virgil Goode, Constitution Party nominee, is included, the results are: President Obama 50%, Mitt Romney 38%, Virgil Goode 5%, other or undecided 7%. Thanks … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: May 2012
On May 1, the American Civil Liberties Union and many other public interest groups filed a lawsuit on behalf of some Pennsylvania voters who do not possess government-photo ID cards. See this press release, which has links to the complaint … Continue reading
Mark Schmitt, writing for The New Republic, comments here on Americans Elect, and then goes on to recommend Instant-Runoff Voting in presidential general elections. He also recommends that states permit fusion (i.e., letting two parties jointly nominate the same candidate). … Continue reading
On April 27, the South Carolina Election Commission determined that Americans Elect has enough valid signatures on its petition, and it is now a ballot-qualified party. The state requires 10,000 signatures. Americans Elect can remain ballot-qualified in South Carolina as … Continue reading
The District of Columbia Board of Elections has released all the write-in tallies for the April 3, 2012 Green Party presidential primary. It had already been known that Jill Stein won that primary, because Stein was the only name on … Continue reading