¶5 The sum of these parts is this: President Trump is disqualified from holding the office of President under Section Three; because he is disqualified, it would be a wrongful act under the Election Code for the Secretary to list him as a candidate on the presidential primary ballot. Thes...
“The political commissar relinquished his position as chief returning officer of the primary election to the police, who are supposed to be there to maintain law and order.” Mutsvangwa raised the spectre of the war veterans turning against the Zanu PF’s new administrators, which could raise ...
Capitalizing on Calvert’s indiscretions, a conservative college professor came within 1,000 votes of upsetting the incumbent in the Republican primary in June, out of 40,000 votes cast. “Voters were absolutely livid over the Calvert incident; he’s a weak Republican and we almost took him ou...
Some political scientists who specialize in Southern voting patterns said that the elimination of the rule will help Republicans, because black candidates will more frequently land the Democrat Party’s primary nomination, thus pushing conservative whites toward Republicans in the general election. “I w...
The Supreme Court ruled that so much voter freedom interfered with a party’s right to nominate its own candidates. Under the ruling, California primary elections will return to the closed system under which roughly 2 million voters who have declined to register with a party would not be allowe...
Each voter has a number of votes equal to the number of positions up for election. If there are four positions, each voter can cast up to four votes. Voters may cast their votes in any combination for the candidate or candidates of their choice. The top four vote-getters will be elected...
Women and minorities made historic gains in Senate and House races Tuesday in an election that greatly changed the face of Congress and yet returned a vast majority of incumbents to office.
Nolan and Statham earlier clashed during the 1986 election campaign over the financing and endorsement of GOP primary Assembly candidates.
However, a statewide poll of Latino voters conducted just before the 1996 election by the Tomas Rivera Policy Institute suggests he is about one-third off. The poll found that 27% of the Latino electorate had registered since 1992. At least part of the reason for the traditionally low Latino...
Wilson was still elected by a minority of voters, having collecting 49.25% of the vote to Feinstein’s 45.79%. The rest of the vote went to minor party candidates. Advertisement Republicans won both the governorship and the office of attorney general. The other winners were Democrats Leo T....