This link, from a Fox TV news station in Mankato, Minnesota, discusses Instant-Runoff Voting, and suggests that Minnesota would not be having its U.S. Senate recount if the state used IRV. Of course logically a race can be excruciatingly close … Continue reading
The Pennsylvania state elections office has released partial write-in totals from the November 2008 presidential election. The state office only tabulated write-ins for Hillary Clinton, Ron Paul, and Chuck Baldwin. Clinton received 4,724; Paul 3,527; Baldwin 986; others 8,180. Only … Continue reading
On December 19, U.S. District Court Judge Stefan Underhill upheld Connecticut campaign finance laws that ban campaign contributions to candidates for state office from lobbyists, state contractors, and their spouses and dependent children. See the 98-page decision here. This case’s … Continue reading
Ralph Nader has this essay in the weekend edition of Counterpunch (Dec. 19-21). The essay criticizes Scholastic Magazine’s policy of distributing sample ballots and educational material that include Democratic and Republican nominees, but exclude all others. Although Scholastic Magazine is … Continue reading
The Party for Socialism and Liberation ran a presidential candidate for the first time in 2008, Gloria La Riva. She appeared on the ballot in states containing 26.4% of the presidential vote. In those states, she polled .02% of the … Continue reading
