Florida general election ballots in midterm years put congressional races at the beginning of the ballot. This year, Broward County designed a ballot in which the left-most column had instructions for voting at the top of that column. Those instructions … Continue reading
The turnout in Alabama this week was so much higher than it was in 2014, that the new statewide petition for new parties and non-presidential independent candidates is now at least 51,416 valid signatures. When the official returns are known, … Continue reading
Florida will recount all the ballots cast for Governor, U.S. Senator, and Agriculture Commissioner. Those are the only statewide offices that were on the ballot this week, except for Attorney General and Chief Financial Officer. See this story. Probably at … Continue reading
The Conservative Party appeared on the Illinois ballot this week, for the jointly elected offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor. Preliminary election returns show it received 4.28% of the vote. According to this story, the Illinois State Board of Elections … Continue reading
California has millions of votes remaining to be counted, so it isn’t easy to make observations about the final returns. But already it is obvious that a large proportion of voters cast a blank ballot for the two statewide offices … Continue reading
