The Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives’ publication, “Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2006” is now in print. Unfortunately, none of the errors identified on this web site a month ago were corrected. The book omits the Republican nominees for U.S. Senate in Ohio and Pennsylvania; it omits the Mountain Party nominee for U.S. Senate in West Virginia; it omits the Moderate Party nominee for U.S. House in the 8th Illinois district. There may be other errors as well.

Because the Republican vote for U.S. Senate was omitted in Pennsylvania and Ohio, the chart in the back, tallying the national vote for U.S. Senate by party, is grossly wrong. It shows that 31,397,838 voters voted for a Democrat for U.S. Senate, and that 21,247,120 voters voted for a Republican for U.S. Senate.

It is always possible that the Clerk will re-print the book.

For the second year in a row, the Maine Green Party has received more revenue from the state’s income-tax check-off choice for political parties than the Maine Republican Party received. State income tax returns that have been sent in during 2007 yield $12,146 to the Democratic Party; $4,467 to the Green Party; $4,349 to the Republican Party.

Twelve states let state income taxpayers choose to send a small donation to the political party of their choice, although in Ohio and North Carolina, only the Democratic and Republican Parties are ever listed (even when there are other ballot-qualified parties).

Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich, who is seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, released a press release on August 25 which says he plans to meet with political leaders who aren’t Democrats and Republicans, and to make an active plea for support from voters who aren’t registered into the two major parties. The press release says he has already met with several leaders of the Committee for a United Independent Party (CUIP).

The press release says, “Independent voters are a critical and growing constituency in American politics that must be related to and recognized as a major progressive force in our democracy. Independents are in the forefront for political reform and social change.”