Steven L. Taylor is a Professor Emeritus of Political Science and former College of Arts and Sciences Dean. His main areas of expertise include parties, elections, and the institutional design of democracies. His most recent book is the co-authored A Different Democracy: American Government in a 31-Country Perspective. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas and his BA from the University of California, Irvine. He has been blogging since 2003 (originally at the now defunct Poliblog).
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I’m working as an election judge in my county for the first time. It’s a vote by mail primary and we’ve processed ~30,000 ballots, roughly a third of the expected total. One of the things that surprised me is that there have been no observers — zero, zilch, nada — from any of the parties so far. During training, the rules about observers took up significant time.
I’m working as an election judge in my county for the first time. It’s a vote by mail primary and we’ve processed ~30,000 ballots, roughly a third of the expected total. One of the things that surprised me is that there have been no observers — zero, zilch, nada — from any of the parties so far. During training, the rules about observers took up significant time.