The Daily Oklahoman, newspaper of Oklahoma City, has this editorial. The editorial notes Oklahoma’s low turnout last week, and says the silver lining is that it will now be somewhat easier for initiatives and new parties to get on the … Continue reading
In November 2010, the Independent American Party of Nevada (the Nevada affiliate of the Constitution Party) elected four nominees to partisan county office. All of them were elected to four year terms. At the November 2014 election, though, the party … Continue reading
The ballot access requirements for the presidential election of 2016 can now be estimated. Many states determine the number of signatures needed to get on the ballot for an upcoming election based on the number of votes cast in the … Continue reading
According to this article, the initiative petition for ranked-choice voting in Maine already has over half the signatures needed. The 36,000 signatures in hand were mostly collected at the polls on November 4, so their validity rate will be very … Continue reading
Here is an article describing the oral argument in the U.S. Supreme Court on November 12 in Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v State, 13-895. UPDATE: here is the transcript from the Court’s web page. … Continue reading
