Georgia has an election law that says absentee ballots can only be mailed to the voter’s permanent address, or to a temporary address that is outside the voter’s home county or municipality. On September 29, two voters filed a federal … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: September 2009
New Jersey holds a gubernatorial election on November 3, 2009. Four debates, each featuring three candidates, will occur during October. Jon Corzine, the Democratic nominee, Chris Christie, the Republican nominee, and independent candidate Chris Daggett will debate each other on … Continue reading
The June 2009 issue of the Journal of Marketing Research has an article, “Could Ralph Nader’s Entrance and Exit Have Helped Al Gore?”. The three authors are University of Iowa Professor William Hedgcock, Professor Akshay Rao of the University of … Continue reading
David Zuckerman, a Vermont state legislator who was elected only as a Progressive, is considering running for Lieutenant Governor in 2010 and seeking both the Progressive Party nomination and the Democratic Party nomination. In 2008, the vote for Lieutenant Governor … Continue reading
On September 28, the Georgia Supreme Court unanimously upheld Georgia’s use of electronic vote-counting machines that don’t leave any paper trail or other audit trail. The case is Favorito v Handel, S09A1367. The decision, which is only eleven pages long, … Continue reading
The New York Times published this story on September 27, about the state law that requires run-off primaries in New York city, if the person who placed first in the first primary failed to receive at least 40% of the … Continue reading