On the weekend of June 17-18, two well-known pundits opined about “spoilers” and said they believed that Henry Wallace, the Progressive Party presidential candidate in 1948, injured President Harry Truman in his race for re-election against Republican Thomas Dewey. Joan … Continue reading
Sackets Harbor is a village in Jefferson County, New York, and it is electing a Mayor and two village trustees on November 7, 2023. The elections are partisan. Incumbent Mayor Alex Morgia, an independent, submitted a petition by the May … Continue reading
One of the oddities of history is that Oklahoma has only had one presidential nominee of a party of the left on its ballot since 1936, the last year the Socialist Party was on the ballot in that state. In … Continue reading
This story from reason.com has nothing to do with the repressive ballot access laws that exist in many states, but it so reminded me of them. https://www.reason.com/2023/06/16/companies-shouldnt-have-the-right-to-veto-their-competition … Continue reading
Richard Winger blogged yesterday about Friday’s Ohio Supreme Court ruling allowing August 8, 2023 to be the date for a statewide election on amending the Ohio Constitution to require a 60% “Yes” vote on future proposed amendments to the Ohio … Continue reading
