[EL] Reps got more popular votes for US House in 1996 than Dems

[David A. Holtzman]

So Richard,

What's your position now on holding just *part* of an election before 
November?

Say, a primary in September?Constitutional?Legal?

Say, a primary in June?Constitutional?Legal?

With primary losers barred from the ballot (even as write-ins) in 
November?Constitutional?Legal?

With write-ins allowed only in the primary, not in 
November?Constitutional?Legal?

- dah


On 11/12/2012 12:30 PM, Richard Winger wrote:
> The Clerk of the US House of Representatives data for 1996 doesn't 
> include the September 21, 1996 election results for US House in 
> Louisiana.  That is why the Clerk's chart shows Democrats got more 
> popular votes than the Republicans nationwide, because the Clerk's 
> data only has the Louisiana returns that took place in November, which 
> was only 2 districts.
>
> The US Supreme Court ruled in 1997 in Foster v Love that Louisiana was 
> breaking the federal law by holding its congressional elections in 
> September.  So, the US Supreme Court agreed with my approach, that the 
> Louisiana election in September was an election, and therefore it is 
> rational for me to have included the September results in those 5 
> districts.
>
> Rhodes Cook agrees with me.  See America Votes 1996 (vol. 22), page 
> 4.  His compilation of the national US House vote for 1996 by party 
> is:  Republican 43,902,303; Democratic 43,626,470.
>
> Richard Winger
> 415-922-9779
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>
>
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