This Seattle Times article says the Washington state legislature is one of only a few state legislatures in which the number of women and racial minorities declined in the 2012 election. The article quotes an official of the state League … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: November 2012
The Commercial Appeal, daily newspaper in Memphis, Tennessee, has this story about the Constitution Party and about Memphis-area resident Darrell Castle, who was the party’s vice-presidential nominee in 2008 and who tried to obtain the party’s presidential nomination this year. … Continue reading
The Cheyenne, Wyoming daily newspaper, the Tribune Eagle, has this story about the Country Party. The article devotes a fair amount of space commenting on Wyoming’s ballot access law. The County Party polled 2.5% for U.S. Senate, but under 2% … Continue reading
Three-fourths of the states haven’t released their official vote tallies from November 6, 2012. Wikipedia’s page on the 2012 Election has a running tally for the eight presidential candidates with the biggest votes. As of November 24, the page shows … Continue reading
On November 6, a U.S. District Court in Washington state struck down the state’s limit on how much an individual may donate to a campaign that is attempting to recall an elected official. See this post at RecallElections blog for … Continue reading
As noted earlier, Robert Raymond, a Wisconsin resident, sued several California counties in August 2012 over the state ban on letting out-of-state residents circulate petitions in California. That case is in U.S. District Court in Sacramento and is Raymond v … Continue reading