Monthly Archives: October 2016

More Rowan Countians than usual are expected to vote in next Tuesday’s general election, primarily because of the intensity of the U.S. President’s race. County Clerk Kim Davis said that 14,847 citizens are eligible to vote, including 9,287 Democrats, 4,463 Republicans, 632 persons listing themselves as members of “other” parties and 546 listed with a […]

While former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson has received the lion’s share of the mainstream media coverage provided to third-party candidates in this highly volatile and unpredictable presidential campaign — much of it making a complete fool of himself — several other independent and minor-party aspirants for the White House have struggled for even a […]

On the afternoon of October 31, the Missouri Secretary of State revised an earlier decision, and ruled that Rocky De La Fuente may be a declared write-in for president. Earlier in the day De La Fuente had been told that he can’t be a write-in candidate, because he had run in the Missouri Democratic presidential […]

One can be thankful that in New Zealand we have such things as the Melbourne Cup, Powerball and an All Blacks test match against Ireland to keep us sane this week. With any luck, which we’d all like in abundance over the next 48 hours in particular, we will be able to try to ignore […]

Husted said at this point in 2012 there were 1.6 million requests for in person or mailed absentee ballots, compared to 1.4 million this year. Would he come home before Election Day? Officials are aware of both mistakes, and in one case an automatic process had canceled one of the superfluous ballots. Romney won the […]

Grand Rapids High School (GRHS) students completed their civic duty earlier this week by participating in a mock presidential election. This year, 282 high schools throughout the state of Minnesota participated in the Minnesota Students Vote 2016 program, the first statewide mock election with a focus on high school participation. At GRHS, 839 total votes […]

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — If you don’t want to see either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump in the White House, and you live in the Rocky Mountain West, Roque “Rocky” De La Fuente would like a few minutes of your time. Who? Rocky De La Fuente is a 62-year-old San Diego, California, businessman whose political […]

(HELENA) A presidential candidate made a campaign stop in Montana on Friday – but he isn’t named Donald or Hillary – or Gary Johnson or Jill Stein, either. He is Roque “Rocky” de la Fuente, the nominee of the American Delta Party, who is one of five presidential candidates that Montanans can choose when they […]

HELENA - A presidential candidate made a campaign stop in Montana on Friday – but he isn’t named Donald or Hillary – or Gary Johnson or Jill Stein, either. He is Roque “Rocky” De La Fuente, the nominee of the American Delta Party, who is one of five presidential candidates that Montanans can choose when […]

HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Presidential candidate Roque “Rocky” De La Fuente says he has a plan to torpedo both Hillary Clinton’s and Donald Trump’s bid for the White House. The 62-year-old Reform Party and American Delta Party candidate was in Helena on Friday to explain his “Rockies Strategy.” It involves unlikely electoral math, nonexistent candidate […]