Alabama Representative Mike Ball (R-Madison) has introduced HB 214. It provides that in all partisan elections except president, all candidates would run in the primary and only the top two vote-getters could run in November. However, like two other similar … Continue reading
The Florida Secretary of State’s office has determined that an initiative to restore voting rights to ex-felons has qualified for the November 2018 ballot. See this story. It needed 766,200 valid signatures, and will be on the ballot as Question … Continue reading
The Oregon Senate Rules Committee has introduced SB 1512. It provides that Oregon will join the National Popular Vote Compact, if the voters approve the idea in November 2018. See this story. … Continue reading
Proponents of a top-two system have put an initiative on the South Dakota ballot for 2018. According to this story, the committee has received $205,000, most of it from New York. UPDATE: see this story. … Continue reading
On January 22, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court struck down the state’s U.S. House districts as an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander, and ordered new districts in time for the 2018 election. The decision is only three pages and will be supplemented later. … Continue reading
