On June 21, eleven judges of the Ninth Circuit re-heard Public Integrity Alliance v City of Tucson, 15-16142. Tucson has partisan city elections. Each of the six wards has its own primary for city council. But in the general election, … Continue reading
Richard Winger
Two presidential polls were released on June 26 that include four candidates. The ABC News/Washington Post poll is here. See question five. The results: Clinton 47%; Trump 37%; Johnson 7%; Stein 3%; other or none 4%; no opinion 3%. The … Continue reading
On June 22, the Nevada Secretary of State told the Green Party that its party petition only had 4,784 valid signatures. It needed 5,431. The Nevada deadline for that petition was June 2. But back in 1992, a U.S. District … Continue reading
George Will has told an audience that he recently changed his Maryland voter registration from “Republican” to “independent.” See this story. … Continue reading
Eric Fink, who hoped to be the first independent candidate for North Carolina State Senate in the history of government-printed ballots, failed to have enough valid signatures. He needed 5,255 and only had 4,269 valid. North Carolina has never had … Continue reading