Mark Wachtler of Opposition News has done the hard work to obtain the preliminary vote totals for each presidential candidate who was on the ballot in at least one state. Here are his totals. Most noteworthy is that Gloria La … Continue reading
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On November 16, the Wyoming Secretary of State finished the official canvass of the November 8, 2016 election. See it here. Wyoming in recent years has been the first state to finish, and it appears that is true again this … Continue reading
Donald Trump will be the first president-elect who didn’t carry his home state since 1844, when Tennessee voted against James Polk. Thanks to Nancy Brune for this observation. However, since 1844, two presidents running for re-election failed to carry their … Continue reading
Georgia, like most states, only includes write-in votes for candidates to file a declaration of write-in candidacy into the official election returns. However, election officials in Floyd County, Georgia, have tallied all the presidential write-ins. See this story. It is … Continue reading
The Weeok has this column by journalist Paul Waldman, calling on the United States to eliminate the electoral college. Also, The Cap Times, a daily on-line newspaper in Madison, Wisconsin, has editorialized to eliminate the electoral college. As of early … Continue reading