On November 11, Massachusetts Governor Duval Patrick signed HB 3788, which moves the non-presidential primary from September 18 to September 6. This makes it possible for Massachusetts to comply (just barely) with the 2009 federal law that requires overseas absentee … Continue reading
In Louisiana, qualified political parties with at least 5% of the registration elect committee members at the presidential primary. Louisiana’s next presidential primary is March 24, 2012. Louisiana law expects these major parties to draw their own district boundaries for … Continue reading
Fairvote Canada, and the Association for the Revindication of Democratic Rights, have asked the Supreme Court of Canada to take a case that argues that winner-take-all elections violate the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. See this story. The lower … Continue reading
The 10th circuit will hear Constitution Party of Kansas v Biggs, 11-3152, on January 18, 2012, Wednesday, at 9 a.m. in Denver. This is the case over whether Kansas must let voters register as members of parties that are not … Continue reading
On November 14, the Arizona Supreme Court issued this 21-page opinion, explaining why last month it ruled that the recall petition against State Senator Russell Pearce is valid. The case is Ross v Bennett, cv-11-0264. The decision explains that miniscule … Continue reading
