On November 3, Colorado voters saw a statewide referendum on their ballots, asking if they want to keep the National Popular Vote Compact law in place. The legislature had passed it in 2019, and then the Republican Party had successfully placed a referendum on the ballot, to give the voters a chance to cancel the law. But the voters voted 52% – 48% to keep the National Popular Vote law.
This is the first time any state has held a popular vote on the National Popular Vote idea.
Both of Georgia’s U.S. Senate seats had elections on November 3. In special elections, there are no party nominees, and so for the short term, it was already obvious that there would be a run-off in January, because each major party had multiple candidates, so no one came close to 50% of the vote.
But the other seat, the regular term, is a standard election with party nominees. The Republican, Democratic, and Libertarian Parties had nominees on the November ballot. As more ballots have been counted in Georgia, it is apparent that no one got 50% in that race either. The Libertarian Party nominee is getting 2.4%, and although Republican incumbent David Perdue is leading, he is slightly under 50%.
It is somewhat likely that without the two Georgia Senate races decided until January, no one will know until January which party will hold control of the U.S. Senate.
The District of Columbia requires parties to poll 7,500 votes for a partisan race in order to obtain and keep qualified party status. So far, the Green Party nominee for City-coouncil-at-large has 7,888 votes. The Libertarian nominee for Delegate to the U.S. House has 7,525 votes. So both parties appear to have retained their qualified status.
This story explains that over half of all Alaska ballots still haven’t been counted. The uncounted ballots are the postal ballots. Therefore, it is too early to know if the top-four initiative passed or not.
Currently top-four has 81,048 in support, and 105,161 against.
On November 3, voters in Limestone County, Alabama, elected LaDon Townsend to the County Commission. He had not wanted to run as an independent, but last year the local Republican Party refused to permit him to file in the Republican primary. See this story. Townsend defeated the Republican incumbent.
Limestone County is in northern Alabama and borders Tennessee.
