The OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe) has been observing elections in its 56 member nations starting in 2002. This article describes the OSCE reaction to recent news that Iowa will not allow international observers to be closer … Continue reading
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Click here to see a map of the United States created at Stanford University. It indicates which presidential candidate in November 2008 won, for every precinct in the nation. Any city or town can be input, and the scale adjusted … Continue reading
Iowa’s Secretary of State says international election observers are not permitted to be closer than 300 feet to any polling place on election day. See this story. Meanwhile, Iowa allows exit pollsters to be within 25 feet of a polling … Continue reading
On October 31, a U.S. District Court entered a preliminary injunction against a North Dakota law that makes it a crime to try to persuade someone to vote a certain way, if that attempted persuasion takes place on election day. … Continue reading
The Globe & Mail, one of Canada’s two biggest newspapers, has this story about how few candidates are listed on the ballot in Georgia. The reporter doesn’t mention the Georgia ballot access law, unfortunately. Thanks to Rick Kissell for the … Continue reading