On October 13, the Voting Rights Section of the U.S. Justice Department granted approval to Arizona’s new law that requires all cities in the state to use non-partisan elections for their own officers. However, there is still no certainty that … Continue reading
The Star-Tribune, Minnesota’s largest newspaper, endorsed Instant Runoff Voting in this October 21 editorial. St. Paul voters are voting whether to use IRV on November 3, 2009. Thank to Rob Richie for the link. … Continue reading
The Federal Election Commission has just released its book, “Federal Elections 2008”, which has election returns for President and Congress. There is no publication that takes greater pains to capture write-in votes. Even Congressional Quarterly’s “America Votes” doesn’t include, for … Continue reading
On October 20, U.S. District Court Judge Jerome Simandle, a Bush Sr. appointee, ruled that plaintiffs in Kerchner v Obama do not have standing to pursue their claim that President Obama does not meet the constitutional qualifications to be President. … Continue reading
On October 21, the Virginia State Board of Elections voted to count the disputed 2,000 overseas ballots cast in the November 2008 election. A U.S. District Court earlier this month had ordered the Board to count them. They had not … Continue reading
