The Pennsylvania elections office has posted the number of registered Libertarians and Greens as of the close of registration for the recent election. See the tally here. The new Libertarian total is 44,848; the new Green total is 11,534. Earlier, … Continue reading
Despite all the court cases holding early petition deadlines unconstitutional, for newly-qualifying parties, there are two states that require new parties to have qualified by November 2019, if they wish to be on the ballot for all partisan office in … Continue reading
As of the afternoon of November 16, the race between Jeff Hewitt and Russ Bogh had tightened. They are the candidates for Riverside County, California, Supervisor, district 5. Bogh now leads by 252 votes. The vote is Bogh 36,185; Hewitt … Continue reading
The ballot access petition requirements in many states shot up last week, due to the heavy voter turnout in November 2018. Nevertheless, presidential candidates who run outside the two major parties in 2020 will face a slightly lesser petition burden … Continue reading
USA Today has this op-ed by Lawrence Lessig, making the case that the U.S. should use ranked choice voting for presidential elections. … Continue reading
