Two lawsuits are pending that relate to who can be invited into the general election presidential debates. The case that was filed first, Level the Playing Field v FEC, 1:15cv-1397, now has a briefing schedule in the U.S. District Court … Continue reading
Arizona voters defeated an initiative for a top-two system in 2012, by a margin slightly greater than 2:1. It has been reported for some months that the backers of that initiative would try again in 2016. However, the proposed new … Continue reading
On December 16, the Michigan legislature passed SB 13, which eliminates the straight-ticket device. See this story. The Michigan legislature also repealed the device in late 2001, but then the Democratic Party put a referendum on the ballot, and in … Continue reading
Fourteen Republican presidential candidates, and three Democratic presidential candidates, will appear on the Tennessee major party presidential primary ballots. See the list here. The most crowded past Republican presidential primary ballot had ten names on it. Tennessee presidential candidates are … Continue reading
December 16 was the deadline for candidates running for the vacant U.S. House seat in Ohio’s 8th districts. Twenty candidates filed. See the list here. James J. Condit, Jr., who was the Constitution Party’s nominee for that seat in 2014, … Continue reading
