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North Carolina House Bill 1024 passed the legislature on July 26. It lets 10 counties and 10 cities experiment with Instant-Runoff voting, in local elections in 2007 and 2008. … Continue reading
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The Delaware Attorney General recently ruled that fusion is legal between a major party and a minor party. Specifically, he ruled that the state must print Karen Hartley-Nagle’s name on the Democratic primary ballot for U.S. House, even though she … Continue reading
Rasmussen Reports released a poll of the Texas gubernatorial race on July 24. It shows Republican Rick Perry 40%, independent Carole Strayhorn 20%, independent Kinky Friedman 19%, Democrat Chris Bell 13%. The poll did not ask respondents about the Libertarian … Continue reading
The Working Families Party will turn in a statewide petition for its lone Massachusetts statewide candidate on July 26. The petition has 9,000 signatures, and only 5,000 are required. This is the 4th statewide qualification effort completed by the Working … Continue reading
The Indiana Libertarian Party nominated approximately 70 candidates for public office this year. The party is ballot-qualified and nominates by convention. Twelve of these nominees will probably not appear on the November ballot. They include the party’s nominee for State … Continue reading