Washington, D.C. city council president Phil Mendelson has introduced a bill to legalize petitioners who don’t live in the District of Columbia. See this story. As the story notes, the bill is prompted by the pending Libertarian Party lawsuit against the District’s ban. The case has not been adjudicated yet, and if the bill passes, the lawsuit will be moot. The Center for Competitive Democracy and attorney Oliver Hall had filed the case. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.
The final U.S. House race has been determined. The North Carolina 7th district, in the southeast part of the state, re-elected Democrat Mike McIntyre with 168,695 votes. His Republican opponent, David Rouzer, received 168,041 votes. See this story. Only those two candidates appeared on the ballot.
Louisiana will hold a run-off election next month between two incumbent Republicans, so although the identity of every member of the U.S. House is still not known, the party lineup is now known.
There have been news article mentioning that Democrats running for the U.S. House received more votes nationwide than Republicans did, but until all the votes across the nation have been counted, this is not confirmed. Most states still haven’t finished their official vote tallies. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.
Ballot Access News
November 1, 2012 – Volume 28, Number 6
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Three political parties in Colorado enjoy the ability to appoint members to county election boards. The three parties are the Democratic, Republican, and Constitution Parties. The Constitution Party is considered a major party under the law because its gubernatorial nominee in 2010 polled over 10% of the vote. According to this story, in Boulder County, the Constitution and Republican county election board members voted not to certify the county’s results, because they are dissatisfied with some of the procedures used on election day.
Steven Maviglio has this commentary about the California 2012 election, including comments about how California’s top-two system worked. Maviglio is a former Press Secretary for former Governor Gray Davis, and a former aide to two members of Congress, and a former member of the Clinton administration. He runs a public affairs-campaign firm called Forza Communications.
