On January 2, 2015, the Republican Party of ten Montana counties filed an amended complaint in Ravalli County Republican Central Committee v McCulloch, 6:14cv-58. This is the lawsuit which challenges Montana’s open primary as applied to the Republican Party. The … Continue reading
On December 24, U.S. District Court Judge David O. Carter upheld California’s ban on write-in votes at the general election for Congress and partisan state office. Milonopoulos v Bowen, central district, 2:14cv-5973. The case had been filed by Theo Milonopoulos … Continue reading
The New York Working Families Party polled its best percentages ever for federal and state office in November 2014, other than the gubernatorial race. The party polled its highest vote percentages ever for the other statewide offices, Comptroller and Attorney … Continue reading
Evan Falchuk, founder of the United Independent Party, has this op-ed in the Springfield Republican daily newspaper. Falchuk mentions that most Massachusetts general elections for state legislature had only one person on the ballot, although, unfortunately, he doesn’t explain why. … Continue reading
Virginia holds special elections to fill three legislative vacancies this month. Independent candidates are running in two of the three races. On January 6, there are special elections for Delegate in the 34th and 63rd districts. In the 63rd district, … Continue reading
