Election Reform
Given that the State Board of Elections website is showing that 2 of Hugh Cort’s 22 votes came from my precinct, I feel quite confident that here in the United States, every vote gets counted.
Paul Edward Parker of the ProJo investigated the voter rolls and found some discrepancies. The Board of Elections — which oversees the counting of votes — says 392,884 voters cast ballots in the Nov. 7 general election. The secretary of state’s Elections Division — which oversees the state’s Central Voter Registration System and tracks who…
Perhaps I should say “election change”…? Today, the RI Senate is supposed to discuss and vote on: S0020 – “This act would reduce the waiting period required for disaffiliation with a political party from 90 days to 29 days.” S0760 – “…an individual cannot file a declaration of candidacy for more than one elected public…
Choose for yourself which one of Projo columnist Charles Bakst’s thoughts on election reform is worse.Bakst opposes requiring photo-IDs at the polls…Without more evidence than I know of that voter fraud is a genuine problem, [Secretary of State Ralph Mollis] courts heartache by raising the prospect of requiring a photo ID at the polls. The…
Building on Andrew’s post (and apparently this is a case of lunch-hour, blog-posting serendipity) Jim Baron of the Pawtucket Times reports: Secretary of State Ralph Mollis has assembled a bi-partisan “Voters First Advisory Committee” — which includes the woman who ran against him in the November election – to hash out a list of 10…
Some proponents of having the Electoral College replaced by a National Popular Vote to elect the President write: In today’s climate of partisan polarization, the current system shuts out most of the country from meaningful participation by turning naturally “purple” states into simple “red” and “blue.” The result is a declining number of Americans who…