On August 12, the California Secretary of State released new registration data, the first new data since February 2021. Here is a link. Percentages are: Democratic 46.49%; Republican 24.05%; American Independent 3.22%; Libertarian .96%; Peace & Freedom .50%; Green .https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Source: New California Registration Data...

Here's UC Berkeley Law School Dean co-writing a NYT op-ed on why the recall is unconstitutional -- maybe I'll get into this after I have a little more time. But you can look at my plurality conundrum piece for details -- let's say I heavily disagreehttps://ift.tt/eA8V8J Source: California: Newsom Recall Roundup -- Unconstitutionality argument; Biden gets moving and Larry Elder...

The Globe reported Sunday that the California Secretary of State may have invented a “print-your-own ballot from home” program just in time for the September 14th recall election of Gov. Gavin Newsom through the Remote Accessible Vote by Mail (RAVBM) system.https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Source: SOS Issues Guidance to Counties on ‘Print-Your-Own Ballot From Home’ Program...

The proposed change would dispense of partisan primary elections, in which political parties send the top vote-getter to the general election. Instead, the “Fair Elections Initiative” creates a single, nonpartisan primary election including all candidates.https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Source: A nonpartisan primary and ranked choice voting? Utah ballot initiative could upend how we vote...

Ms. Edelson is a Ph.D. candidate in computer science at N.Y.U.’s Tandon School of Engineering, where Dr. McCoy is an associate professor of computer science and engineering. They are affiliated with the nonpartisan research group Cybersecurity for Democracy.https://ift.tt/3fPiJMz Source: We Research Misinformation on Facebook. It Just Disabled Our Accounts....