Maryland State Senator Cheryl Kagan (D-Montgomery County) has introduced SB 64, to let registered independents join a party during the early voting period in primaries. Here is the bill. … Continue reading
Richard Winger
Here are national totals for gubernatorial races, by party, for the November 2016 election: Republican 9,688,152 Democratic 9,288,358 Libertarian 392,890 Green 69,107 Independent Party of Oregon 47,481 Constitution 23,441 Independent American 15,912 Liberty Union 8,912 Independent candidates got 30,019. UPDATE: … Continue reading
All state election returns (except for write-ins in a few cases) are now official. Below are the national totals for each party for U.S. House for the November 8, 2016 election: Republican 62,589,781 Democratic 61,584,781 Libertarian 1,712,061 Green 515,598 Conservative … Continue reading
On December 23, Paul Merritt filed this brief in Merritt v Padilla, c.d., 8:16cv-606. This is the lawsuit over whether the California Secretary of State violated Merritt’s constitutional rights when the Secretary of State deleted the words “registered independent voter” … Continue reading
On December 23, the Pennsylvania state elections office released some information about presidential write-ins. The office says there are 6,472 for Evan McMullin; 6,060 for Bernie Sanders; and 302 for John Kasich. The office says in addition there are 37,242 … Continue reading