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An Argument for IRV
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | June 26, 2008
You may not have paid much attention to Tuesday's runoff election for labor commissioner in North Carolina. Not many people did -- even in North ...
Categories: Voting Process & Voting Rules
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Richardson: Already Ready for a Comeback?
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | June 26, 2008
A la Hillary, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is raising money to retire debts from his presidential campaign and to help other Democratic candidates. In ...
Categories: State Offices

Who's the Gerrymanderedest of Them All?
Posted By: Josh Goodman | June 26, 2008
A new report from the Democratic Leadership Council reveals which states are the worst of the worst when it comes to drawing competitive congressional districts. ...
Categories: Voting Process & Voting Rules

Upheaval in Utah
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | June 25, 2008
"Change" has become the cliche word of this election cycle, but a clear anti-incumbent mood was on stark display yesterday in Utah. Republican ...
Categories: State Offices

A Boon to the Bullet Train?
Posted By: Josh Goodman | June 25, 2008
California is voting in November on a $10 billion bond measure that would start the process of building a bullet train line (top speed: 220 MPH) in ...
Categories: Ballot Measures
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Will Pennsylvania Redo Redistricting?
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | June 24, 2008
It's already coming on crunch time for advocates of changing redistricting practices in time for the next round of map-making, set to start, of course, ...
Categories: National Politics

Bill Daley for Governor?
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | June 24, 2008
The Capitol Fax Blog reports that Bill Daley, the former U.S. Commerce secretary and brother of Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, is considering a run ...
Categories: State Offices
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Unusual Housing Arrangements
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | June 24, 2008
Legislators in North Carolina are allowed to accept housing from lobbyists, as long as they pay market-rate rent. Nonetheless, the fact that two legislators have ...
Categories: State Offices

What does an electoral landslide look like?
Posted By: Will Wilson | June 24, 2008
It is hard to believe that John McCain should be worried about a 52-33 lead in a Utah poll--until one considers that that is just ...
Categories: National Politics , Polls , Voting Process & Voting Rules
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Charlie's Slipping
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | June 24, 2008
A new Miami Herald poll indicates that Florida Gov. Charlie Crist's approval ratings, which have long defied gravity, are starting to come down in the ...
Categories: State Offices

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