Will Vermont Adopt Instant Runoff Voting?
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Monthly Archives: February 2008
I Miss Having Ray Martinez on the EAC
Yesterday the EAC divided 2-2 along party lines in voting on two out of three items. (The party line vote is not apparent from the link but I confirmed it with the EAC’s deputy communications director.)
Election Law Blog’s New Look
I hope you like the red, white, and blue motif for Election 2008, along with a cleaner typeface. If you have any reactions to the new setup, or any suggestions, please send me an email.
“Bubble Trouble on the Ballot: A complicated system and confusing ballot may have spoiled the vote for many independents.”
The LA Times has posted this oped of mine. It begins:
Election administrators have a tough job. They need to pull off a massive voting and vote-counting effort in a short time frame with a limited budget and a slew… Continue reading
Divided Mississippi Supreme Court Holds Lott Senate Election Replacement to Be in November; Appeal to Supreme Court Possible
The court’s 7-2 opinion is here. A story in The Hill is here.
From the point of view of statutory interpretation, the discussion between the majority and the dissent is fascinating. Besides raising the issue whether the governor’s… Continue reading
CCP on the American Apparel Controversy
See here.
“Voting machines cleared in 2006 undervote; GAO says touch-screens didn’t cause undervote”
The Herald-Tribune (Sarasota) offers this report, which begins: “U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan’s campaign claimed a ‘huge victory’ late Wednesday when it released a federal report that found Sarasota County’s touch-screen voting machines were not the cause of 18,000 undervotes… Continue reading
“Clinton, Obama still waiting for vote count in New Mexico”
AP offers this report. More provisional ballot issues in Arizona.
“Term limits backers shot themselves in the ballot box”
George Skelton has written this LA Times column on the defeat of California’s Prop. 93.
“A Fine Mess”
Marc Ambinder has written this excellent oped, which tracks what I’ve been thinking about the delegate process this year. The only source of potential disagreement is that I think Marc downplays the potential havoc to be wreaked by the… Continue reading
“Clinton Lent Campaign $5 Million, Considers More”
Interesting. More from Mark Ambinder.
“Super Tuesday and Provisional Ballots”
Don’t miss this post from Ned Foley on the astounding 10-12% provisional vote rate in New Mexico. Litigation may be on the way. Ned also links to this chapter he’s written on provisional voting in 2004 and 2006. Must… Continue reading
“Public Financing: McCain Flip-Flops”
Adam Bonin has this post at DailyKos.
“Scalia to Determine Democratic Nominee”
See this (tongue in cheek?) piece at the Washington Post’s Achenblog. As I concluded my Slate piece yesterday, “The Supreme Court has left such delegate fights to the political process before, and it is likely to do so again. That… Continue reading