On November 10, U.S. District Court Judge Joseph Bataillon struck down Nebraska’s requirement that statewide initiatives need the signatures of 5% of the registered voters in each of 38 counties. The decision has no effect on the number of signatures … Continue reading
Arit John has this article on Bloomberg, discussing ideas for improving voter turnout. It mentions redistricting reform, universal registration (in which the government prepares the voter registration list, so that individuals don’t need to register), mandatory voting, and proportional representation. … Continue reading
Here is a link to the California Secretary of State’s web page for election returns, for the 39th Assembly race. Only seven votes separate one of the Democrats from the other Democrat, as of 5:44 p.m. Pacific time on November … Continue reading
See this story, which explains why Alaska vote-counting takes so long. As of November 10, there are 53,000 uncounted ballots. … Continue reading
According to this blog post at FrontloadingHQ, Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp is working to persuade as many southern states as possible to hold their 2016 presidential primaries on March 1. … Continue reading
