On December 11, the backers of Oregon’s Measure 92, the initiative for labels for genetically-modified food, conceded that the recount won’t change the original outcome. The measure was defeated by fewer than 1,000 votes. See this story. … Continue reading
Organizers of the Maine initiative for instant-runoff voting for all federal and state office except President say they have over 45,000 signatures, and they expect to complete the petition by the January 12 deadline. Meeting that deadline means the issue … Continue reading
Newly-elected New Hampshire State Representative Max Abramson has pre-filed HB 713, which eases ballot access. It would lower the vote test for party status from 4% to 2%. It would reduce the petition for establishment of a new party from … Continue reading
On November 4, 2014, the Constitution Party polled 35% of the vote in a countywide race in Marshall County, Alabama. Alabama law says if a party polls 20% for any countywide partisan position, it becomes ballot-qualified in that county, so … Continue reading
On December 10, an Oregon state court refused injunctive relief to a group of voters whose mail-in ballots weren’t counted because election officials thought their signatures on the outer envelope of the ballot didn’t match their signatures on voter registration … Continue reading
