Official returns in all states that held U.S. Senate elections last month reveal these national totals:

This compilation only includes the regularly-scheduled elections. Six years ago, when these same seats were up, Republican nominees polled 50.25% and Democratic nominees polled 46.09%.

Virginia has a law that makes it illegal for a voter at the polls “to exhibit any ballot, ticket, or other campaign material to any person or to solicit or in any manner attempt to influence any person in casting his vote.” In 2008, the Virginia State Board of Elections issued a regulation, interpreting this law to mean that voters may not wear anything that mentions a candidate who is on the ballot. On December 10, a lawsuit was filed in federal court that challenges the regulation. Borak v Rodrigues, U.S. District Court, eastern district, 3:08cv-809. Read the complaint here. The case was filed by the Virginia ACLU, the Thomas Jefferson Center, and the Rutherford Institute.

The plaintiffs were wearing buttons or stickers on their clothes. They say they weren’t trying to influence any other person’s vote.

WorldNetDaily (www.worldnetdaily.com) believes that Barack Obama should make his full birth certificate available, and is planning a Fed Ex package to be sent to each presidential elector, on Thursday, December 11. See here for WorldNetDaily’s explanation. The message from WorldNetDaily says that it has postal addresses for only 470 of the nation’s 538 presidential electors. However, on December 10, an employee of WorldNetDaily said that the organization now has the postal addresses of all 538 electors.

One wonders why WorldNetDaily is going to the expense of sending a FedEx package to the electors who say they will be voting for John McCain. Thanks to Glenn Brown for the link.