On November 17, a Michigan House committee will hold a hearing on HB 5974. Introduced by Representative Pete Lund (R-Macomb County), it says the winner of the popular vote for president in Michigan will get nine electoral votes, and then … Continue reading
Washington state started using the top-two system in 2008, but only this year was there any U.S. House race in that state between two members of the same party. In this year’s election, the 4th district incumbent, Doc Rogers, retired, … Continue reading
On November 13, the Oklahoma State Election Board said it will not hold a special election for U.S. House, 2nd district, even though the Democratic nominee died before the election, and even though state law says if a ballot-listed candidate … Continue reading
Between March and October 2014, Libertarian voter registration rose 8.3%. Voter registration as a whole rose 1.4% during the same period. Independent and miscellaneous rose 2.7%. Democratic registration rose .7%. Republican registration rose 1.0%. Green Party registration rose 2.1%. The … Continue reading
The Daily Oklahoman, newspaper of Oklahoma City, has this editorial. The editorial notes Oklahoma’s low turnout last week, and says the silver lining is that it will now be somewhat easier for initiatives and new parties to get on the … Continue reading
