Two Parties in Russia Appear to Have Placed a Presidential Nominee on the Ballot

Posted on by January 7, 2024
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Russia holds a presidential election on March 15-17.  Incumbent Vladimir Putin is running for re-election as an independent.  The authorities have recently announced that the presidential nominees of the New People Party (Vladislav Davankov) and the Liberal Democratic Party (Leonid Slutsky) will be on the ballot.

Here is the wikipedia page about the Liberal Democratic Party.

Here is the wikipedia page about the New People Party.

It is still undetermined whether the Communist Party nominee will be on the ballot.

After Seven Years, Trial Finally Starts in Georgia Case on Reliability of Vote-Counting Machines

Posted on by January 7, 2024
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U.S. District Court Judge Amy Totenberg will preside over a trial starting on Tuesday, January 9, in Curling v Totenberg, n.d., 1:17cv-02989.  This is the case filed in 2017 by Georgia voters who believe the Georgia vote-counting machines in most counties are not reliable and fail to create a practical means to have a recount.  Most states have machines that leave a clear audit trail, but Georgia still does not, even though he has improved its machines somewhat during the life of the lawsuit.  See this story.