Jon Geeting speaks smartly about the pointlessness of registering as an independent: You don't have to be thrilled about it, but this is the only way your vote counts in these places because the real election is the primary. Unless your state has open primaries...
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The past few days have seen several stories on waiting times at the polls in November, spurred by the release of a couple of studies, including one by Charles Stewart.
The UK is scheduled to hold a referendum on May 5 to determine whether or not to adopt the Alternative Vote for Parliamentary elections. This is the first UK-wide referendum.