In the November 7, 2006 election, more votes were cast for Independent candidates for US House in Rhode Island, than were cast for Republican nominees for US House in that state. This is due to the strong showing of independent … Continue reading
Richard Winger
The Democratic National Committee says it won’t choose its national convention site for 2008, until January 2007. The leading contenders are New York city and Denver. Four years ago at this time, the Democratic Party had already chosen its 2004 … Continue reading
On December 20, the Libertarian Party’s brief was filed with the 10th circuit, in the ballot access case against New Mexico. The lawsuit had lost in U.S. District Court, in September 2006. The lawsuit challenges New Mexico’s practice of requiring … Continue reading
On December 7, proponents of an advisory Illinois initiative asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their case. The 7th circuit had upheld Illinois laws on how advisory initiative petitions are circulated and checked. Specifically, Illinois law requires that election … Continue reading
Under the “Help America Vote Act” (HAVA) passed by Congress, all states received substantial federal funding to buy new vote-counting technology. In exchange, all states were to have such new machines in use by 2006. New York state had failed … Continue reading