The election returns are still disputed in one Ohio legislative race. The original count, for State House, 98th district, showed Al Landis, the Republican nominee, defeating Joshua O’Farrell, the Democratic nominee, by 14 votes. After a recount the margin was … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: December 2012
On December 28, a state court in South Dakota ruled that nothing in state law makes it illegal for a candidate to notarize that candidate’s own ballot access petition. As a result, incumbent Representative Brian Gosch’s spot on both the … Continue reading
The National Archives & Records Administration web page is posting copies of the 2012 Certificates of Ascertainment received from each state. This is a document that tells the total number of valid votes received by each candidate for presidential elector. … Continue reading
The State, daily newspaper for Columbia, South Carolina, explains here that South Carolina has many election laws which are not enforced. For example, state law says precincts cannot have more than 1,500 registered voters, but two-thirds of the precincts in … Continue reading
New York state law does not permit voters to vote before election day, unless they will be absent. However, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has just introduced a bill for early voting. The bill would provide such early voting during the … Continue reading
On December 20, a U.S. District Court Magistrate in Brooklyn, New York, heard oral arguments in Credico v New York State Board of Elections, 1:10cv-4555. The issue is a discriminatory law that lets two qualified parties jointly nominate the same … Continue reading