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On May 19, the New York Working Families Party of New York endorsed Cynthia Nixon for Governor, which makes it more likely that she will be the party’s nominee in November. See this story. … Continue reading
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On May 18, President Donald Trump endorsed John Cox for California Governor. See this New York Magazine story. This makes it likely that Cox will do well enough in the June 5 primary to place second, thus qualifying for the … Continue reading
The Minnesota legislature is about to adjourn for the year, as of Sunday, May 20. A bill to make petition deadlines earlier for newly-qualifying parties and independent candidates did not pass. The bill, HB 1393, moved the primary from August … Continue reading
The Missouri legislature adjourned on May 18. Two bills to make ballot access more difficult failed to pass. HB 1285 would have increased the number of signatures for statewide independent candidates from 10,000 signatures to 2% of the last vote … Continue reading
“The Conversation” is an on-line publication, since 2011, with content from the academic and research community. It has published this article about multi-candidate elections, by Mathematics Professor Christoph Borgers of Tufts. It shows theoretical flaws in standard elections, elections using … Continue reading