The Federal Election Commission has now published “Federal Elections 2012”, a book of election returns for primaries and the general election in 2012, for all federal office. The FEC personnel who prepare this book do an excellent job. The book … Continue reading
Jonathan T. Soros has this interesting analysis of the causes of partisanship in the United States. He discusses gerrymandering, top-two primaries, and Instant-Runoff voting. Soros is a senior fellow at the Roosevelt Institute and a co-founder of Friends of Democracy, … Continue reading
On October 28, a status conference was held in Hall v Bennett, the federal lawsuit over ballot access in the upcoming December 17 special election for U.S. House, in Alabama’s First District. The issue is whether the independent candidate procedures … Continue reading
This story discusses the recent vacancy in Florida’s U.S. House seat, District 13. According to the story, the Florida Governor has no legal limit on how long he can take to set the date of a special election, and no … Continue reading
On October 28, a New York city Mayoral poll was released by The New York Times and Siena College. See it here. The “other” vote is at 3%, most of which will presumably go to Adolfo Carrion, the Independence Party’s … Continue reading
