On April 8, the Utah Supreme Court released this five-page opinion in Utah Republican Party v Cox, 2016-0077. It interprets Utah election law to mean that a qualified party must allow candidates into its primary if they submit a petition. … Continue reading
On April 8, the Field Poll released a new poll for the June 2016 primary election in California for U.S. Senate. It shows: Kamala Harris 27%; Loretta Sanchez 14%; Ron Unz 5%; Tom Del Beccaro 4%; Duf Sundheim 2%; undecided … Continue reading
On April 8, a Maine state court made it very likely that an initiative to legalize marijuana will be on the November 2016 ballot. Proponents needed 61,123 valid signatures and submitted 99,229 raw signatures. Last month the Secretary of State … Continue reading
On April 7, the Maryland Senate defeated SB 350 in a close vote. It would have provided that adult citizens known to exist would automatically be registered to vote, although afterwards individuals could decline to be registered. See this story. … Continue reading
Australia’s Senate is elected by proportional representation. On April 8, the Senate passed a bill altering the proportional representation method somewhat. See this story. One effect of the bill, if it becomes law, is that the very smallest parties would … Continue reading
Many counties and cities in Virginia have partisan elections for their own officers. Yet Virginia law says party labels for those partisan elections cannot appear on general election ballots. On April 8, Governor Terry McAuliffe, a Democrat, vetoed SB 767, … Continue reading