Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson, a Republican, will ask the Kentucky legislature to repeal the law that places a straight-ticket device on Kentucky ballots. He tried last year also, but the bill didn’t advance out of committee. Most observers … Continue reading
On late Saturday afternoon, November 16, the legal deadline for getting the job done, California released the official November 7, 2006 election returns. The only real news from the official returns are the write-in totals, since semi-official totals for candidates … Continue reading
Final, official Illinois returns show that Richard Whitney, Green Party candidate for Governor, polled the highest share of the vote that any Green Party gubernatorial candidate has ever received. Whitney received 10.36%. The previous Green best gubernatorial showing had been … Continue reading
North Carolina has had very few independent candidates on its ballots. In the entire history of government-printed ballots in North Carolina, there has never been an independent candidate for U.S. House. The only statewide independent who ever appeared on a … Continue reading
On September 21, 2006, a U.S. District Court ruled against an adult U.S. citizen who lives in the Virgin Islands. The plaintiff, Krim Ballentine, had sued the U.S. government, alleging that both the Constitution and international treaties require that he … Continue reading
