In August 2016, the Alabama legislature, meeting in special session, passed HB 19. It went into effect immediately. It was introduced August 15, 2016, and was entirely enacted on August 24, 2016. It says that write-in votes should not be … Continue reading
Richard Winger
On December 5, the Pennsylvania Green Party held a rally in the Pennsylvania state capitol building, urging the legislature to eliminate vote-counting machines that leave no audit trail. See this story. … Continue reading
Last week Al Gore said he favors eliminating the electoral college. According to this article in The Hill, on December 5 he endorsed the national popular vote plan. … Continue reading
Christopher Suprun, a Texas Republican presidential elector, writes in this op-ed that he will not vote for Donald Trump on December 19. The op-ed is on-line at the New York Times, and perhaps will be in the paper edition on … Continue reading
On December 5, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two racial gerrymandering cases, one from North Carolina and one from Virginia. The North Carolina transcript is here. That case is McCrory v Harris. Here is the transcript of … Continue reading