Briefs filed with the Alaska Supreme Court in Miller v Treadwell reveal that 1,553 voters in the Alaska U.S. Senate race wrote in “Lisa Murkowski” but didn’t fill in the oval next to the name written in. The Alaska Elections … Continue reading
On December 14, Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp announced that he had appointed sixteen members to his new Elections Advisory Council. Among them are Georgia’s only independent state legislator, Representative Rusty Kidd, and Professor David Shock, the Secretary of … Continue reading
Oklahoma Representative Charles Key will again introduce a bill to lower the number of signatures for a party to appear on the ballot. In the 2009 session, the Keys bill passed both houses of the legislature, but because each house … Continue reading
The United States has been electing U.S. Senators by popular vote starting in 1914. In almost a century of U.S. Senate elections, there are only two instances in the Deep South when any minor party ever polled as much as … Continue reading
On December 15, the California Supreme Court declined to hear Field v Bowen, the case that challenges the new California law that says some candidates, but not others, may have a party label on the ballot. The case has not … Continue reading
