Rhode Island State Board of Elections Releases Presidential Write-in Tally
Source: Ballot Access News Rhode Island does not have a law requiring write-in candidates to file a declaration of candidacy if they wish their write-ins counted. Instead, Rhode Island tallies the...
View ArticleTwo Populous Texas Counties Counted All the Presidential Write-ins, not Just...
Source: Ballot Access News Politex has a story about the presidential write-ins in November in Tarrant and Travis Counties, the only two truly populous Texas counties that count all the presidential...
View ArticleLibertarian Party Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Write-in Counting Case
Source: Ballot Access News On January 4, the Libertarian Party asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review the case known as Libertarian Party v D.C. Board of Elections. The question is whether the District...
View ArticleVermont Presidential Write-ins to be Tallied on Friday, January 11
Source: Ballot Access News On Friday, January 11, a team of three volunteers organized by the Green Party has an appointment with the Vermont Elections Division, to go through the returns from each...
View ArticleVermont Presidential Write-ins Now Known
Source: Ballot Access News The write-in vote for President in Vermont in November 2012 was: Ron Paul 717, Jill Stein 594, Virgil Goode 13, Roseanne Barr 9. These figures were determined on January 11...
View ArticleMember of Republican National Commitee Threatened with Removal Because He Was...
Source: Ballot Access News In November 2012, individuals in both Maine and California filed paperwork to make sure that write-ins for Ron Paul for President would be counted. Both states let a group of...
View ArticleHawaii Bill to Permit Write-in Votes
Source: Ballot Access News Hawaii State Senator Les Ihara has introduced SB 223, to permit write-in voting in all Hawaii elections, primaries and general elections alike. Senator Ihara has been in the...
View ArticleCalifornia Libertarians Spend Day in Sacramento, Lobbying Against Bill that...
Source: Ballot Access News On January 30, a group of California Libertarian Party activists spent the day in the State Capitol in Sacramento, urging the defeat of AB 141. The group, organized by Beau...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court Sets Conference Date for Write-in Counting Case
Source: Ballot Access News The U.S. Supreme Court has set a conference date of March 15 to decide whether to hear Libertarian Party v District of Columbia Board of Elections, 12-836. This is the case...
View ArticlePennsylvania Reports 11,630 Presidential Write-ins from November 2012,...
Source: Ballot Access News Pennsylvania is the most populous state that does not have a law that says write-in candidates must file a write-in declaration of candidacy, if they want their write-ins...
View ArticleAnother California Bill to Create More One-Candidate General Elections for...
Source: Ballot Access News California State Senator Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens) has introduced SB 712. Like AB 141, it would provide that write-in candidates in June primaries, for Congress or...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court Argument in Election Law Case on Monday, March 18
Source: Ballot Access News On March 18, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in Arizona v Inter Tribal Council, 12-71. See this analysis of the case, which concerns the 1993 federal “motor voter”...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court Won’t Hear Case on Whether Jurisdictions Must Count...
Source: Ballot Access News On March 18, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Libertarian Party v District of Columbia Board of Elections, 12-836. The party had complained in 2008 that even though its...
View ArticlePennsylvania Minor Parties Will Appeal Decision that Says They Don’t Have...
Source: Ballot Access News The Pennsylvania Constitution, Green, and Libertarian Parties have all decided to appeal the March 7 decision of a U.S. District Court that they don’t have standing to sue...
View ArticleVirgil Goode Write-ins for President from Pennsylvania Tallied
Source: Ballot Access News At the November 2012 election, Constitution Party presidential candidate Virgil Goode received 419 write-ins for President in Pennsylvania. This information is from the...
View ArticlePennsylvania Elections Department Tallies Presidential Write-ins for Virgil...
Source: Ballot Access News An earlier post today is not completely accurate, but instead of my amending that post (on Pennsylvania presidential write-ins from November 2012) it seems more useful to...
View ArticleFour Populous Pennsylvania Counties Didn’t Canvass Any Write-ins in November...
Source: Ballot Access News At the November 2012 election, four populous counties in Pennsylvania did not canvass any write-in votes, even though state law requires that all valid votes must be tallied....
View ArticleWrite-in Candidate Elected Mayor of Alton, Illinois
Source: Ballot Access News Alton, Illinois, held city elections on April 9, 2013, and only one name appeared on the ballot for Mayor. However, a candidate who had tried and failed to get on the ballot...
View ArticleCalifornia Sponsor of One Restrictive Ballot Access Bill Will Not Pursue the...
Source: Ballot Access News California State Senator Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens) will not attempt to advance SCA 12 and SB 712 this year. This is the proposed constitutional amendment and bill to make...
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