Rob Richie has this Washington Post op-ed, deploring the November 2012 results for U.S. House, in which the party that polled the second-highest number of votes for U.S. House across the nation ended up with a majority of House seats. The op-ed advocates more proportional voting systems for U.S. House.
The Georgia Secretary of State’s office says not all counties have forwarded the write-in totals for the declared write-in candidates, so even though the Secretary’s web page purports to have the final results, they really aren’t final yet. Until the write-in results come in, no one can even know the precise number of votes cast in Georgia for President or any other office. The Secretary of State hopes to have the complete results by Thanksgiving.
On November 15, U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Delaware) introduced S3635, which provides incentives to states to solve the problem that in many places, voters had to stand in line at the polls for hours. See this Roll Call story. The text of the bill is not yet posted to the web page for the Library of Congress. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.
The lawsuit Libertarian Party of Los Angeles County v Bowen, 11-55316, will be decided by the Ninth Circuit, probably in the next few months. The issue is the California law that requires petition circulators to live in the district of the candidate whose petition they are circulating. The state acknowledges that the law is unconstitutional, but says the plaintiffs don’t have standing. On August 21, 2012, the Ninth Circuit had sent this case to mediation, but mediation has failed, so the case returns to the Ninth Circuit.
During 2012, the following three presidential candidates received primary season matching funds: Buddy Roemer $351,961; Jill Stein $333,331; Gary Johnson $308,235.
