The Arizona League of Women Voters will ask the Arizona legislature to ease ballot access for independent candidates. Arizona requires more signatures in 2014 for a statewide independent candidate than any other state except Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Maryland, North Carolina, … Continue reading
In November 2008, the official North Dakota election returns show that in one precinct in Grant County, North Dakota, Bob Barr (Libertarian presidential nominee) carried one of the four precincts, and placed second in the county to John McCain. See … Continue reading
This year, the electoral college meets on Monday, December 17, in state capitols around the nation. Some states provide that the electors vote in a meeting that is open to the public. … Continue reading
On December 8, Louisiana is holding a run-off for U.S. House, 3rd district. Louisiana and Georgia are the only states that require congressional run-offs when no one gets 50% of the vote in November. In Louisiana, Charles Boustany and Jeff … Continue reading
Both California and Washington state are using the type of top-two system which gives voters only two choices in the election itself. Proponents of top-two primaries might be satisfied if California and Washington returned to using a blanket primary. California … Continue reading
