Salon has this interesting article about Michigan’s U.S. House race, 11th district. That district went from being a safe seat for the Republican incumbent, Thad McCotter, into a district that is wildly unpredictable. McCotter failed to get 1,000 valid signatures … Continue reading
On June 11, Scotusblog listed the Washington state lawsuit over the constitutionality of top-two election systems in its “cert petitions to watch.” See this link. Scroll down to the heading “Petitions of the day.” Thanks to Thomas Jones for this … Continue reading
The Texas ballot-qualified minor parties held their nominating conventions on the weekend of June 9-10. Here is a story about the Libertarian Party convention and the Green Party convention. Both parties are ballot-qualified, based on their votes in 2010. Americans … Continue reading
South Carolina holds its Republican and Democratic primaries (for office other than President) on Tuesday, June 12. According to this story, there is still no decision on whether Paul Thurmond, a Republican running for State Senate, 41st district, is eligible. … Continue reading
On Tuesday, June 19, at 1:30 p.m., the California Senate Elections Committee will hear AB 2058, which makes it illegal to pay registration drive workers on a per-registration card basis. The author is Assemblyman Richard Pan (D-Sacramento). The hearing is … Continue reading
