Last month, the webpage http://beabsentee.org was launched. Click on the map of the United States for any particular state. That brings up an absentee ballot application for that particular state. The webpage also gives the deadlines in each state for … Continue reading
Starting with 1860, the year the Republicans indisputably became a major party, there have been 14 presidential elections in which the incumbent president was not running for re-election. Of those 14 elections, the voters elected a Republican 12 times. The … Continue reading
Film Critic Roger Ebert’s blog has an entry about the vice-presidential debate. That entry has many comments, including this interesting and perceptive comment from someone who lives in Quebec: “Boy as a Canadian I sure don’t envy any of you … Continue reading
Half the states let a candidate who uses the independent candidate procedure choose a party label, which is printed on the November ballot next to the candidate’s name. Generally, the law requires that the chosen label can’t mimic the name … Continue reading
On October 4 (Saturday), Louisiana is holding its first regularly-scheduled partisan primaries for Congress since 1976. The law was changed in 2006 to provide that political parties nominate candidates for Congress. Between 1978 and 2006, political parties did not hold … Continue reading
