Torrance County, New Mexico was Gary Johnson’s Best County in the U.S.

Posted on by December 10, 2012
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It appears that Gary Johnson polled his highest share of the vote in the United States in Torrance County, New Mexico. He polled 5.97% in that county. Within Torrance County, his best precinct was precinct 15, which is in Moriarty, New Mexico. Moriarty has approximately 2,000 people and is 40.8% Hispanic. Johnson polled 8.98% in that precinct.

Torrance County is in the center of New Mexico and is fairly close to both Albuquerque and Santa Fe, although it is predominantly agricultural. Johnson does not live in Torrance County, and maybe Governor Johnson himself would be the best person to ask why he did better there than in any other county in his home state. Johnson’s 2nd best county in New Mexico was Los Alamos County, which was also the best county in New Mexico for Bob Barr in 2008, for Michael Badnarik in 2004, and for Ed Clark in 1980.

Johnson’s best county outside New Mexico appears to be Mineral County, Montana, where he got slightly over 5.00%. Earlier reports that he had polled 18.0% in Wibaux County, Montana, turned out not to be correct, although he did receive 4.60% there.

It is conceivable that there are some better Johnson counties in states in which I haven’t checked, but that seems unlikely.

New York Daily News Lengthy Editorial Attack on Independence Party

Posted on by December 10, 2012
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The New York Daily News has this long editorial, criticizing the New York state Independence Party and the city Independence Party. The piece does not explain that the state party leaders and the city party leaders are completely hostile to each other, and is unfair and misleading in other ways. Supporters of the party have done a good job of setting out their side of the story in the Daily News comments feature. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.

Green Party of Hawaii Sues State Over Failure to Produce Enough Ballots at the Polls in Many Precincts

Posted on by December 10, 2012
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On December 7, the Hawaii Green Party filed a lawsuit in state court, complaining about the fact that in approximately 25 precincts last month, there weren’t enough ballots. In a few cases, more ballots did not arrive for several hours, so many voters gave up and didn’t vote. Sometimes the replacement ballots were not intended for the precinct that received them. The case is Green Party of Hawaii v Nago, Maui County, 12-1-956(2).

The lawsuit asks for a declaratory judgment that in future elections, this problem will not occur. The Green Party feels that its legislative candidate, Keiko Bonk, would have done better if some precincts in her district had not run out of ballots. The vote in her district, the House 20th district, was: Democrat Calvin Say 5,704; Bonk 3,143; Republican Julia Allen 1,179. See this AP story. Here is the Complaint.

Ohio Releases Official Vote; Newly Counted Provisional Ballots Strongly Helped Obama, and to a Lesser Extent, Also Helped Johnson

Posted on by December 10, 2012
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On December 10, Ohio’s Secretary of State released the official election returns. The difference in vote totals from the official vote count, and the votes counted on election night, are for the most part the provisional ballots, which take a long time to count. Comparing the election night totals with the final totals suggest that provisional ballots strongly helped President Obama, and also slightly boosted Gary Johnson.

The election night total percentages for each presidential candidate on the ballot were: Obama 50.28%, Romney 48.35%, Johnson .88%, Stein .33%, Virgil Goode .15%, Socialist Party nominee Stewart Alexander .05%, and independent Richard Duncan .23%.

The final, official vote totals yield these percentages: Obama 50.67%, Romney 47.69%, Johnson .89%, Stein .33%, Goode .15%, Alexander .05%, Duncan .22%.

Declared write-in candidate vote totals, not available until December 10, are: Mike Vargo 63, Jill Reed 23, Randall Terry 14, Susan Daniels 5, Nelson Keyton 2.

Irregular Times Posts Americans Elect’s IRS Form 990

Posted on by December 10, 2012
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On December 10, Irregular Times blog posted a copy of the IRS Form 990 filed by Americans Elect. This form is required for all 501(c)(4) organizations and includes information about the group’s goals, and finances.

Unfortunately, at the moment (December 10 morning), Irregular Times blog is under cyber attack, and documents that it links to can’t be accessed. Jim Cook, who founded Irregular Times, does not believe the cyber attack has any connection to the blog’s content. The attack appears to come from computers in Russia and China.