The Illinois Green Party polled almost 11% for Governor of Illinois. Since that is far above 5%, the party is ballot-qualified for all partisan office in the state for the next four years. The Massachusetts Green Party also regained party … Continue reading
Richard Winger
Minneapolis voters seem to be approving using Instant-Runoff Voting by a margin greater than 60%.
While CNN and MSNBC act as if there are only two (or one) candidates in each race, USA Today has comprehensive results for all parties in all races, including state legislature. On their election page, they have a set of … Continue reading
California registration for October 23 shows 15,837,108 registered voters, which means that an independent candidate for statewide office in 2008 will need 158,372 signatures. This is a decline from the 2006 requirement of 165,573. The California independent requirement is nevertheless … Continue reading
On November 5, the chair of the Republican Party of Illinois, Andy McKenna, called a press conference to denounce the Green Party’s candidate for Governor, Richard Whitney. Whitney was a member of the Socialist Labor Party from the late 1970’s … Continue reading