Ohioans voted on whether to amend Ohio's Constitution to enshrine abortion rights in state law, which appears on the ballot asIssue 1. A "yes" vote would amend the state Constitution, while a "no" vote would reject the amendment and keep the status quo. The measure was projected to pass...
The New York Times reports (Apr. 22, 2016, “Virginia Governor Restores Voting Rights to Felons”) that the governor’s action will not apply to people convicted of felonies released in the future, although the Governor’s aides say he plans “to issue similar orders on a monthly basis ...
Justices stopped short of ordering Yost to advance the constitutional amendment directly to the state Ballot Board, however, which is what plaintiffs had asked. Instead, they directed him to “perform his duty” and review the coalition's summary of the ...
I. INTRODUCTIONIn , an expedited election action, the Supreme Court of Ohio examined Ohio's current voter registration requirements in light of absentee voting. Specifically, the court considered whether to issue a writ of mandamus compelling the Secretary of State to issue a directive to the coun...
in November.DNC Chair Jaime Harrison announced Democrats would be holding a virtual roll call to ensure Biden gets on the ballot in all 50 states — an announcement made on the same day Ohio state lawmakers returned to the Capitol for a special session to solve Biden’s ballot access issue....
The prohibition of alcohol was the most divisive social issue in American national and state politics in the early 20th Century. This paper examines statew... JW Endersby - 《Social Science Journal》 被引量: 41发表: 2012年 Old and New Patterns: The `No' Majority in the 1972 and 1994 EC...
Racial Gerrymandering The courts have also tackled the issue of racial gerrymandering, which is the intentional manipulation of legislative districts for political purposes. In these cases, districts have been drawn in bizarre shapes to include or exclude voters of a particular race. In early cases ...
It’s worth noting, too, that Justice Amy Coney Barrett did not take part in any of the pre-election cases, and her vote could well be decisive if the issue comes up again. On the other hand, it is still pretty unlikely that the Supreme Court will reverse course in a way that ...
This could potentially help alleviate the issue of incorrect voting, resulting in more accurate detection results. In MPAV, we assume that the shape of the objects of interest, i.e., nuclei, is convex. This is generally speaking a valid assumption since nuclei typically have elliptical shapes,...
The issue of absentee voting became a particularly contested topic during the 2000 presidential election, when every vote was needed to determine the ultimate outcome. The seat of controversy was Florida, where a recount became necessary in several counties because the vote was so close. Between ...