The Washington Post reports here that Jill Stein has been arrested in Wood County, Texas, for trying to help resupply protestors against an oil pipeline who have been sitting in trees for 38 days. Thanks to Green Party Watch for the link. UPDATE: here is more information from the Stein campaign. Also Politico mentions it here.
On October 31, a Roanoke College Poll was released for the Virginia presidential race. It shows: Romney 49%, Obama 44%, Johnson 2%, Stein 1%, Goode 1%, undecided 5%. Thanks to Craig Marolf for the link.
The Los Angeles Times of October 31 has this story about the award of almost $250,000 against the six individuals who filed a lawsuit in 2010 against two undemocratic aspects of California’s top-two open primary law.
The Verified Voting Foundation, in cooperation with Common Cause and the Rutgers Law School, sponsor “CountingVotes.org”, a web page with considerable information and evaluation of the ability of each state to produce a reliable vote count. In August the webpage ranked each state’s capability, and the web page is updated frequently with news on this topic. Thanks to Thomas Jones for the link.
The Boulder County, Colorado, Libertarian Party recently settled its lawsuit out-of-court, resulting in somewhat greater access for vote-counting observers. See this story.
