On July 20, a study of voting in Port Chester, New York’s recent local election was released. Port Chester used cumulative voting for Village Trustee. Voters were each given six votes, and they were free to distribute their votes as … Continue reading
Filing for the Hawaii primaries closed on July 20. The Libertarian Party will have candidates for US Senate, US House 2nd district, and state house 5th district. The Green Party has a candidate for US Senate. The Free Energy Party … Continue reading
On July 21, the Wisconsin Elections Division voted not to permit Ieshuh Griffin, an independent candidate for lower house of the Wisconsin legislature, 10th district, to have her choice of ballot label on the November ballot. She chose “Not the … Continue reading
The Mountain Party, West Virginia’s only ballot-qualified minor party, expects to nominate Jesse Johnson as its U.S. Senate nominee, in the special election for that office to be held November 2, 2010. Earlier this week, Republicans in the West Virginia … Continue reading
On July 20, a Delaware Superior Court Judge ruled that the Democratic and Republican Parties may exclude members of minor parties from running in major party primaries. See this story. The case had been filed by two Libertarian Party members, … Continue reading
