On November 3, Seattle voters passed initiative I-122. See this story. The initiative provides that for city elections, all registered voters will receive four vouchers, each worth $25. The voter is free to give his or her vouchers to any candidate running in a Seattle city election for Mayor, city council, or city attorney. The measure passed with 60%.
Kshama Sawant, the Seattle city councilmember who was elected four years ago, appears to have been re-elected. See this story. The race is non-partisan, but she is a member of Socialist Alternative.
UPDATE: as of November 4, the vote is: Sawant 8,197; Pamela Banks 7,349.
On November 3, Maine voters passed an initiative to increase funding for public funding of campaigns. See this story.
The election returns for November 3, 2015 determine the number of signatures needed for statewide minor party and independent candidates in 2016. Democratic Supreme Court justice Kevin Dougherty received more votes than any other statewide candidate tonight. Therefore, 2% of his final vote total will be the 2016 petition requirement. Unofficial returns show that Dougherty has 1,079,512 votes.
The U.S. District Court that is handling Libertarian Party of Illinois v Illinois State Board of Elections said on November 2 that the decision will be out shortly. The Court had previously said it would be out on October 8, then October 30, then November 2.
