Here is the Connecticut sample ballot for the November 4, 2014 election. Connecticut, like Delaware, New York, and most counties in New Jersey, no longer uses mechanical voting machines. But those four states continue to design general election ballots as … Continue reading
On October 7, former New York city Mayor Michael Bloomberg donated $1,250,000 to “Yes on 90”, the chief committee that is advertising in support of the top-two system that is on the November 4 ballot in Oregon. As previously reported, … Continue reading
On October 15, the Arkansas Supreme Court invalidated the states’s requirement that voters at the polls show certain types of government photo-ID. The decision is unanimous. Here is the decision, Martin v Kohls, cv-14-462. Four justices voted to invalidate the … Continue reading
On October 15, the U.S. Supreme Court asked Texas to respond to the brief filed by voting rights groups, in the case over the state’s government photo-ID law for voting at the polls. The response is due on October 16 … Continue reading
On October 15, various voting rights organizations appealed the Texas government photo-ID case to the U.S. Supreme Court. Here is the 19-page application in Veasey v Perry, 14A393. The document itself is considerably more than 19 pages, because of the … Continue reading
