The Independent Voters News has this opinion piece by Green Party activist Mike Feinstein of California. It praises Maine’s use of ranked choice voting, and criticizes Alaska’s new ranked choice voting. The difference is that in Maine, parties continue to … Continue reading
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Ballot Access News December 2020 – Volume 36, Number 7 This issue was printed on white paper. Table of Contents ALASKA VOTERS PASS RANKED CHOICE VOTING BUT SIMULTANEOUSLY INJURE BALLOT ACCESS MASSACHUSETTS RANKED CHOICE VOTING LOSES PUERTO RICO BOOK REVIEW: … Continue reading
As has been well-publicized, there is still no resolution of who won the U.S. House race in New York’s 22nd District. That district includes eight counties. Each county Board of Elections has a website, but the websites of the eight … Continue reading
Mike Feinstein has this op-ed in the Santa Clarita Valley Signal, a daily newspaper in Los Angeles County. It explains the advantages that would occur if California and also the U.S. used proportional representation. … Continue reading
In 2020, the Texas ballots didn’t have a straight-ticket device, the first time ever since the 1950’s. Removing the device effective 2020 seems to have helped increase the percentage of the vote for lower-ticket Libertarian candidates. In 2018, in the … Continue reading