A bill has already been drafted for the Maryland 2019 legislature session, to let Montgomery County use either ranked choice voting or approval voting for its county officer elections. See this story. Thanks to Steve Goodale for the link. … Continue reading
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The Daily Oklahoman, daily newspaper for Oklahoma City, has this op-ed in favor of ranked choice voting, written by Chris Powell, the Libertarian nominee for Governor last month. … Continue reading
All states have finished their official vote tallies except for West Virginia. The national totals for U.S. House by party (using the unofficial West Virginia returns, which will probably be almost exactly like the official ones) are: Democratic 60,447,537; Republican … Continue reading
On December 15, David Krupa, a 19-year-old college student running for Chicago alderman, 13th district, got on the ballot. He had needed 473 valid signatures and had submitted 1,703. But then his opponent, who is backed by the Chicago Democratic … Continue reading
In the 33 regularly-scheduled U.S. Senate elections held last month, the total for all Democrats was 50,770,269; for Republicans, 32,803,554. These totals do not include votes cast for minor parties that cross-endorsed a major party nominee. Nor do they include … Continue reading