Politico has this interesting story about the history of the Reform Party of New York, which traces its origins to the 2014 gubernatorial election. Even though the story is quite detailed, it doesn’t explain exactly how it is that the … Continue reading
Richard Winger
For some time, individuals have claimed that vote fraud must exist because there were 49 precincts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in November 2012, which reported zero votes for Mitt Romney. Now two political scientists, Richard Pildes and Stephen Ansolabehere, have done … Continue reading
On October 27, the Arkansas Supreme Court voted 5-2 to remove one of the two medical marijuana initiatives from the November 8 ballot, even though everyone agrees that the petition had enough signatures of registered voters. Benca v Martin, cv-16-785. … Continue reading
On October 28, the Kentucky Secretary of State’s office posted the list of official write-in candidates for president. Here is the list. The write-in candidates are listed directly under the list of ballot-listed candidates. Thanks to Larry West for the … Continue reading
On the night of October 27, Jerry Gordon died at the age of 88. He had been the first attorney to file a ballot access lawsuit in federal court against a state law requiring a very high number of signatures. … Continue reading