Watching NYC results unfold
My last post yesterday highlighted the patience NYC voters might need, but it looks like the verdict was pretty clear even in the first round of results, and will likely get clearer as the count ...
alternative voting systems
“Running a low-turnout Georgia runoff election could cost $100 per vote”
The AP’s lede: Miller County Election Supervisor Jerry Calhoun says he’s not sure anyone will vote in an upcoming Democratic primary runoff. After all, the southwest Georgia county only recorded ...
A little bit of patience in NYC
NYC news outlets today are letting voters know they may need a little bit of patience to get results from the primary. The City’s board of elections has a helpful explainer on why. ...
New York City’s ranked-choice primary
With the hotly-contested ranked choice primary in NYC on Tuesday, voters in NYC (and well beyond) are getting a lot of publicity about how ranked-choice voting works. The New Republic offers ...
New Iowa law allows poll workers to challenge voters on the basis of citizenship, bans ranked choice voting, and changes major party status rules
Tom Barton for the Cedar Rapids Gazette: House File 954 addresses elections laws regarding voter registration, citizenship and major party status. It also bans ranked choice voting in Iowa. It ...
“An Initial Assessment of Proportional Ranked-Choice Voting in Portland, Oregon”
New report from AEI by Kevin Kosar, Jaehun Lee, and Jack Santucci: Our core findings are as follows: Voter Choices. There were more candidates overall in 2024 than in past elections, ...
“The Instant Runoff Voting Patchwork: Handling Voter Errors and Ballot Length”
Tait Helgaas has written this student comment in the U. Pa. L. Rev. Here is the abstract: As states and cities across the United States adopt instant runoff voting (IRV) in their constitutions and ...
Watch Archived Video of Safeguarding Democracy Program on Partisan Primaries, Polarization and the Risk of Extremism (with Azari, Foley, Masket, and Pildes)
Very enlightening conversation. Watch: The post Watch Archived Video of Safeguarding Democracy Program on Partisan Primaries, Polarization and the Risk of Extremism (with Azari, Foley, Masket, and ...
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