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To the editor: The shortcomings of the current system of electing the president stem from state “winner-take-all” laws that award all of a state’s elec
Published February 25, 2021, 3:07 PM The Commission on Elections (Comelec) and the Office for Overseas Voting (OFOV) warned Thursday, Feb. 25, the public, particularly the overseas Filipinos against transacting with 1 VOTE PH/ ONE VOTE PH, saying that it is “not an accredited citizen’s arm or civil society partner” of the poll body. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN) In a disclaimer notice issued Thursday, the Commission and OFOV said an organization named 1 VOTE PH/ONE VOTE PH has been introducing itself as a non-profit/ community organization on Facebook and in email blasts to variou...
/ Mayor Vi Lyles said Monday the city should have correctly sized districts before moving holding its next election. The Charlotte City Council and Mayor Vi Lyles are in near consensus that the city can’t hold its elections this fall because of delays in the release of census data. But council members decided to wait on formally postponing the September primary and November general election, based on the recommendation of City Attorney Patrick Baker during a meeting Monday night. Baker said the city can wait until April or May to make the decision to postpone and wait for the General Assemb...
Miami University names Dr. Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins spring commencement speaker Former president of League of Women Voters, voting rights activist to speak May 15 Dr. Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins, in her 1974 Western College yearbook photo (left) and now (images courtesy Jefferson-Jenkins). Miami University President Greg Crawford has announced that Dr. Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins will be the commencement speaker at Miami’s spring ceremony. The university has not yet announced a decision on whether the ceremony, slated for 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 15, will be in-person or virtual as officials ...
Flickr/https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ Charlotte Attorney Patrick Baker said Tuesday the city would be in a "real problem legally" if it held its next election with old maps from the 2010 Census. Charlotte City Attorney Patrick Baker said Tuesday that he doesn’t think the city can have its elections this fall as scheduled because of delays in the census. Baker told members of the City Council’s budget and governance committee that the city’s seven single-member districts need to be redrawn to comply with the U.S. Supreme Court’s precedent of “One Person, One Vote.” If...