Legislators in Illinois, Indiana, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and Texas have agreed to introduce ballot access improvement bills in 2017. It is hoped that legislators in additional states will soon be found. This is the time when … Continue reading
According to this Washington Post story, there are or soon will be bills in California, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, and New York to keep presidential candidates off the ballot if those candidates don’t release their federal income tax returns. These laws … Continue reading
Among presidential candidates who had candidates for presidential elector in states containing a majority of the electoral college, Evan McMullin easily received a greater share of his votes via write-ins than any other presidential candidate. McMullin was on the ballot … Continue reading
On January 3, the Ohio Libertarians whose names were on the Gary Johnson ballot access petition (as the persons responsible for the petition and for making substitutions) filed this brief in the Ohio Supreme Court. The case is State ex … Continue reading
“Drop-off”, in the study of elections, means the share of voters who cast a ballot but don’t complete the ballot. For U.S. Senate, in November 2016, the California drop-off was 16.20%. In other words, almost one-sixth of the voters who … Continue reading
