On October 17, an Arkansas Circuit Court ruled against Dwayne Dobbins, who is trying to get on the ballot for State Representative, 39th district. Dobbins had won the Democratic primary for that office in May, but in July the Democratic … Continue reading
New York state has the worst general election ballot design of any state. This is because New York still uses mechanical voting machines, combined with a party column or party row format. Since the machines have only 9 rows (or … Continue reading
Political Science Professor Michael McDonald of Virginia has created this webpage to track how many people have voted early in each state. So far he only has data for four states, but that will change as more and more states … Continue reading
Ralph Nader plans his own “Boston Marathon” on Saturday, October 25, in Massachusetts. He will make 26 campaign appearances (marathons are 26 miles long) in one day, from sunup until midnight, when he will end the day at the famous … Continue reading
On October 16, the Vermont Green Party submitted its final brief in the case to get Cynthia McKinney on the Vermont ballot. On October 17, the Vermont Attorney General notified the court that the state will not submit any response. … Continue reading
