The Utah primary, for president and all other office, is June 26. Utah only prints up primary ballots for parties that have at least two candidates for an office. This year, there are no Libertarian primary ballots, no Green Party … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: May 2012
At the June 5 primary in California, there is one U.S. House district in which only one person filed to be on the top-two primary ballot, and there are six legislative districts with only one candidate on the primary ballot. … Continue reading
McPherson County, South Dakota, has a population of 2,459, and in 2010 only 1,195 voters participated in the general election. Naturally, in such a small-population county, election administration is largely a one-person affair. On May 5, Steve Serr, the county’s … Continue reading
California is using Proposition 14, the “top-two open primary” system, this year for the first time in a regularly-scheduled election. At least three newspaper columnists or reporters this month have told readers that if someone gets 50% of the vote … Continue reading
A fairly new web page called “Electad.com” was launched in October 2011. Starting in February 2012, it has been posting all known presidential and vice-presidential video ads, speeches, interviews, rallies, and debates. The site is non-partisan and welcomes input and … Continue reading