On October 7, the European Court of Human Rights ruled 12-5 that prisoners must be allowed to vote. The European charter guarantees the “right to free elections”, and the court construed that to mean that prisoners do not lose voting … Continue reading
New York city elects its 3 citywide partisan officers on November 8. In the Mayor’s race, eight candidates will be on the ballot. They are the nominees of the Republican, Democratic, Conservative, Socialist Workers, Libertarian and Green Parties, as well … Continue reading
The bill in the Georgia legislature to reduce the number of signatures needed for district office (US House, state legislature) and county office, from 5% of the registered voters, to 2% of the last vote cast, is gaining. There are … Continue reading
On October 5, California held a special election for US House, 48th district. Since no one got 50%, there will be a run-off (featuring the top vote-getter from each of 5 parties) on December 6. The unofficial October 5 results … Continue reading
On October 1, the California Democratic Party passed a resolution in support of letting general law cities and counties use Instant-Runoff Voting or Ranked Choice Voting. The resolution will help to pass SB 596 next year, a bill to give … Continue reading
