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The voters of Benton County, Oregon, have voted for a county initiative to use instant runoff voting for certain partisan county offices. The vote is 54.3% – 45.7%.
Yearly Archives: 2016
The only states with no ballot-qualified parties, other than the Republican and Democratic Parties, are these nine: Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and Washington. However, the Georgia Libertarian Party’s ballot-qualified status is only for statewide offices, … Continue reading
Donald Trump is about to be elected with a majority of the electoral vote, but Hillary Clinton will probably end up with 1,000,000 more popular votes. This will be the fifth time the popular vote winner has lost the election. … Continue reading
The Los Angeles Times of November 9 has this op-ed by Michael Feinstein, criticizing the top-two system for crimping voter choice. … Continue reading
In certain states, the Libertarian Party, or the Green Party, gained qualified status (relative to the day before the November 2016 election): Connecticut: both parties gained qualified status for President, by polling over 1% for President. The Libertarian Party had … Continue reading