On September 29, the Arkansas Supreme Court issued an opinion in Hamaker v Pulaski County Election Commission, 11-375. It reaffirms a 1904 decision from the same court, which said that if a voter wants to mark his or her ballot … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: September 2011
The Census Bureau has released “Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2010”. The report can be seen at this link. The Census Bureau has been preparing this report for many decades. A new report is released after each … Continue reading
On September 29, the Colorado State Court of Appeals ruled that the state’s public records act applies to images of ballots, and these images can be released for public scrutiny, as long as no one can tell which voter cast … Continue reading
New York City Board of Elections says the official vote totals for the special election, U.S. House 9th district, from September 13, are: Bob Turner, 32,526 votes on the Republican line and 4,816 votes on the Conservative line. David Weprin, … Continue reading
Don Assaid, a two-term incumbent on the Boutetort County, Virginia, Board of Supervisors, has been omitted from the November 8, 2011 ballot, because one of his petitioners doesn’t live in Assaid’s district. See this story. Assaid sued, but the case … Continue reading
On September 28, Ohio Democrats filed a lawsuit with the State Supreme Court, seeking a ruling that the recently enacted bill drawing boundaries for U.S. House districts is subject to referendum. The bill includes an appropriation. The law is ambiguous … Continue reading