Apparently, only 270,000 Virginia voters cast a vote in today’s presidential primary. Choices were limited to Ron Paul and Mitt Romney; write-ins weren’t allowed. In 2008, the number of votes cast in Virginia presidential primaries was: Republican 489,252; Democratic 986,203. … Continue reading
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According to this story, Arthur Jones, who is on the ballot in the Illinois Republican primary for Congress in the 3rd district, is a former National Socialist White People’s Party activist. That is one of the U.S. groups that generally … Continue reading
On June 6, the Virginia legislature passed HB 736, which moves the non-presidential 2012 primary from June to August. That automatically moves the petition deadline for independent candidates for Congress and local office, and the nominees of unqualified parties for … Continue reading
Joe Mathews, a California journalist and author, and one of the nation’s leading proponents of Proportional Representation, has this column in Fox & Hounds, suggesting to California Republicans that they advocate proportional representation. As he correctly notes, Republican candidates for … Continue reading
On March 6, Public Policy Polling released a poll showing these results for the November 2012 Maine U.S. Senate race: Independent Angus King 36%, Democrat Chellie Pingree 31%, Republican Charlie Summers 28%, undecided or other 5%. On the evening of … Continue reading