Russia held a presidential election March 15-17. The results: Vladimir Putin independent 88.48%; Communist Party 4.37%; New People Party 3.90%; Liberal Democratic 3.24%. This wikipedia article has the results by region. In Chechnya, Putin received 98.99% of the vote. … Continue reading
On March 18, Geoff Duncan, the former Republican Lieutenant Governor of Georgia, said he will not seek the No Labels presidential nomination. Thanks to Eric Wong for this news. … Continue reading
On March 18, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Stein v Federal Election Commission, 23-771. The lower federal courts had refused to block the FEC from asking Jill Stein, the Green Party presidential nominee in 2016, for some of … Continue reading
On March 18, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Griffin v New Mexico, 23-279. Coey Griffin had been removed from his elected position as an Otero County, New Mexico commissioner, by a New Mexico state trial court, in 2022. … Continue reading
On Sunday, March 17, New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin said he believes New Jersey’s discriminatory ballot format in primaries is unconstitutional, and therefore he won’t let the state intervene in the lawsuit to defend that ballot format. This leaves … Continue reading
