Voter registration data for October 2016 shows that for the first time since 1991, if not the first time ever, there are more voters registered as independents or as members of third parties, than there are registered Republicans. The current … Continue reading
This Politico story says more than just two Democratic presidential electors are mulling over voting for someone other than Hillary Clinton. Their motive seems to be to encourage Republican presidential electors to have the courage to vote for someone other … Continue reading
It appears there were 19 partisan elections won by minor parties on November 8, 2016. The Progressive Party won the Vermont Lieutenant Governorship and nine state legislative races. The Green Party won five partisan elections in Michigan and one in … Continue reading
Marshall Roy Schoenke was a write-in presidential candidate last week. He was not on the ballot in any state, but he filed for write-in status in some states. On November 21, the Missouri Secretary of State’s web page erroneously reported … Continue reading
On November 21, a 3-judge U.S. District Court struck down Wisconsin’s 2011 redistricting plan for the Assembly, the lower house of the legislature. Whitford v Gill, w.d., 3:15cv-421. Here is the opinion, which was 2-1. The opinion is by Judge … Continue reading
