The ballot access requirements for the presidential election of 2016 can now be estimated. Many states determine the number of signatures needed to get on the ballot for an upcoming election based on the number of votes cast in the … Continue reading
According to this article, the initiative petition for ranked-choice voting in Maine already has over half the signatures needed. The 36,000 signatures in hand were mostly collected at the polls on November 4, so their validity rate will be very … Continue reading
Here is an article describing the oral argument in the U.S. Supreme Court on November 12 in Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v State, 13-895. UPDATE: here is the transcript from the Court’s web page. … Continue reading
On November 4, Joe L. Read polled 42.8% of the vote for Montana state house, district 15. He got on the ballot by petition, and he chose the ballot label “Constitutional.” He is in sympathy with the Constitution Party, but … Continue reading
The New York Times’ lead editorial in the November 12 paper edition is “The Worst Voter Turnout in 72 Years”. Here is a link to the editorial. The editorial contains a graph, showing turnout back to 1900. The figures are … Continue reading
