Connecticut, like New York, uses party column ballots, and determines the order of parties on the ballot by their gubernatorial vote. At the November 4, 2014 election, the vote for Governor of Connecticut was: Democratic 528,669 (48.64%); Republican 500,329 (46.03%); … Continue reading
Based on preliminary election returns, it appears the percentage of the vote in the November 2014 election for independent and minor party candidates, for the office at the top of the ballot, was 4.4%. By contrast, in 2010 it was … Continue reading
Matthew Reece has published this useful article, “An Overview of 2014 Libertarian Gubernatorial Candidate Results.” Although the article was published the day after the election, so that the vote totals are already somewhat out-of-date, the article is very useful because … Continue reading
Recently, Pennsylvania state officials filed briefs in each of the two pending ballot access cases. Here is the brief in Constitution Party of Pennsylvania v Aichele, a case over the Pennsylvania system of putting petitioning groups at risk of paying … Continue reading
This story relates that voters in Maui County, Hawaii, passed a county initiative to temporarily ban genetically altered crops, even though proponents were outspent by a ratio of 87 to one. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link. … Continue reading
