On March 22, Arizona held a presidential primary for the Green Party. With about 92% of the precincts reporting, the results are: Jill Stein 609; Kent Mesplay 139; write-ins or blank ballots 17. In 2012, the results of the Arizona … Continue reading
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Here is the Montana Republican Party’s response to the U.S. Supreme Court, in Ravalli County Republican Central Committee v McCulloch. It was filed on Tuesday, March 22, only a few hours after the state had submitted its brief. The issue … Continue reading
The Texas Tribune has this story about the Texas procedures for independent presidential candidates. The story would be better if it mentioned that the petition deadline for independents running for office other than President is June 30, whereas the presidential … Continue reading
Here is the Politico link to the results of major party presidential primary and caucus results for all states that have voted so far. The states that voted on March 22 are Arizona, Idaho, and Utah. Unfortunately the Politico map … Continue reading
The National Archives’ web page has this compendium of state laws on punishment for presidential electors who cast a vote in the Electoral College in December for someone other than the candidates they were pledged to. The list of states … Continue reading