The election last year was the fifth in which the candidate with the most votes lost the presidency. It’s a dangerous way to run a democracy that depends upon the people’s trust. Florida could help in a big way to put an end to Electoral College malfunctions, but the necessary legislation doesn’t appear to have […]
American State Elections articles on Democracy Chronicles
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Defeated Alabama Senate Candidate in Vote Result Legal Challenge
More than two weeks after losing a special election to the U.S. Senate, Alabama Republican Roy Moore has filed a last-minute court challenge to prevent state election officials from certifying his Democratic opponent’s victory. Moore filed a complaint in a state courthouse late Wednesday afternoon, just hours before Doug Jones was set to be officially […]
Republicans Are Blaming Alabama Felon Voters For Senate Loss
If the Republican party in Alabama thinks that felons are to blame for their loss they should take a look in the mirror and do some self-reflecting. What is truly required is for them to rethink their strategy.
Virginia Candidate Seeks To Delay Drawing Lots To Determine Winner
Today was supposed to be the day the outcome of Virginia’s 94th District House of Delegates race was to be determined by drawing lots. However, the Democrat in the race has filed a request with the court asking for reconsideration of the ballot they allowed, tying the race with 11,608 votes for the Democrat and […]
Nebraska senators aim to introduce a voter ID requirement
Will they ensure everyone has a voter ID before the requirement is enforced? Of course not.
New Series of NY Election Security Measures Proposed
Plan includes automatic voter registration, election-day voter registration and early voting
North Carolina Elections Are Ground Zero in Broken System
North Carolina’s civil-rights and good-government groups are preparing for a special session
Poll shows support for independent Utah redistricting commission
The following is from an excerpt from the article, Most Utahns support ballot initiative establishing independent redistricting commission, by Bob Bernick, Contributing Editor at Utah Policy. Take a look: A healthy majority of Utahns support a citizen initiative that would replace the Legislature’s partisan redrawing of U.S. House and legislative districts with a bipartisan, independent commission, a […]
A Dispiriting Look at Georgia’s Election System
Georgia’s aging, vulnerable, unverifiable, mismanaged, electronic voting machines are famously insecure
Grassroots group closer to overhauling Michigan redistricting
Reform may be coming for redistricting in Michigan. The following is from an article, “Anti-gerrymander group turns in signatures to get on Nov. ballot in Michigan“, by Kathleen Gray from the Detroit Free Press Lansing Bureau, a newspaper based in Michigan. Take a look: The anti-gerrymandering group Voters Not Politicians turned in more than 425,000 […]