On December 15, the New York State Board of Elections said that the state will soon buy optical-scan vote-counting machines. Still to be decided is whether Election Systems & Softward (ES&S) of Omaha, or Dominion Voting Systems of Toronto, will … Continue reading
On December 21, the San Diego County Republican Party, and other plaintiffs, filed a lawsuit in federal court against a San Diego city law that makes it illegal for political parties to contribute to campaigns of candidates running for city … Continue reading
The December 23 issue of Fox & Hounds, a California politics blog, has this commentary on the “top-two open primary”. … Continue reading
For some years, the National Conference of State Legislatures has been keeping a very useful database of bills in state legislatures that amend election laws. Here is a link to that database. One can choose to look at all the … Continue reading
The Connecticut legislature had a brief special session this week, but again it took no action to amend the law on public funding for candidates for state office. So, the original law will be the subject of the upcoming 2nd … Continue reading
