Rep. Emilia Sykes (D-Ohio; photo, left), 38, is a first-term member of Congress, having been initially elected in 2022. She is running for re-election. Sykes comes from an Akron political family (see her bio here), and has lived in Akron since childhood, except when away attending college. Before Co[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Election Laws’
August 21st, 2024 - 6:04 pm § in Politics
How not to dispute an election
Roger Belknap was defeated in Michigan’s August 6, 2024, GOP primary for a position as Ottawa County commissioner. His opponent got 4,070 votes, and he got 2,997 votes (see results here, under “Ottawa County Commissioner 9th District REP”). Belknap says, “My petition for recount[...]
May 21st, 2022 - 3:23 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
PA election: Now for the arcane stuff
As of Friday, May 21, 2022, Dr. Oz leads McCormick by 1,070 votes in the GOP Senate primary. It’s a fragile, razor-thin lead. This election probably will go to an automatic recount, as provided by Pennsylvania law. Recounts are always more accurate, because they pick up ballots that were misco[...]
How Americans settle close and disputed elections (in fact, not fantasy)
Ultimately, our government’s legitimacy derives from the consent of the governed, and we agree to abide by election results by mutual consent. While our system of government is not strictly based on majority rule, all of our elections are governed the principle of majority rule — i.e., h[...]