On November 2, 2010, North Carolina voters will use Instant Runoff Voting to choose a State Court of Appeals judge. This is a statewide, non-partisan office. See this story. This is probably the first time that any state has used … Continue reading
A poll released on September 3 suggests that the Green Party has a fair chance to elect its first member of the Canadian Parliament. The poll, for the Saanich-Gulf Islands district just north of Victoria, British Columbia, shows: Gary Lunn, … Continue reading
On September 3, U.S. District Court Judge Ralph Erickson, a Bush Jr. appointee, upheld a North Dakota law that requires candidates in a partisan primary, running for the legislature, to not only place first, but to poll at least 130 … Continue reading
All four of the Mississippi Reform Party’s candidates for U.S. House have been removed from the November 2010 ballot by the Secretary of State. The Reform Party is ballot-qualified in Mississippi. However, the party’s current state officers had not been … Continue reading
A Chicago Tribune/WGN-TV poll released September 2 shows these results for the U.S. Senate race in Illinois: Democrat Alexi Giannoullas 34%, Republican Mark Kirk 34%, Green Party nominee LeAlan Jones 6%, Libertarian Party nominee Mike Labno 3%, undecided 23%. The … Continue reading
