On March 11, Indiana held a special election to fill the vacant U.S. House seat, 7th district. With 82% counted, the results are: Democratic 53.23%; Republican 43.83%; Libertarian 2.93%. When this same seat last voted, in November 2006, the results … Continue reading
Richard Winger
Here is a link to the CNN election returns page for the Mississippi primaries. Even though only a small share of the vote has been counted, CNN has projected a win for Barack Obama in the Democratic primary, and a … Continue reading
Pennsylvania elects its State Treasurer this year. Four Democrats are running in the April 22 primary for that office. All of them needed 1,000 valid signatures. Furthermore, their statewide petitions had to contain 100 valid signatures from each of 5 … Continue reading
S.108, the Vermont to bill to use Instant-Runoff Voting for congressional elections, passed the House Appropriations Committee on March 11. Now it goes to the House floor, to be debated March 13 and March 14. Then, if it passes there, … Continue reading
On March 6, a California voter filed a lawsuit, asking that a federal judge declare that Senator John McCain cannot hold the office of president. Inland Empire Voters and Andrew Aames v USA, 5:2008-cv-304. It was assigned to U.S. District … Continue reading