This Macleans article says that the chances are fairly good that the voters of British Columbia will vote in favor of using proportional representation for provincial elections, when the issue is on the ballot in 2019. … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: January 2018
Orange County voters, several year ago, voted to make certain county executive positions non-partisan. However, then the Florida State Court of Appeals ruled that counties do not have the authority to make a decision like that. According to this story, … Continue reading
Three federal lawsuits are still pending on the question of whether presidential electors are free to vote for any person who meets the constitutional qualifications, or whether states can dictate whom they must vote for. The Minnesota case is now … Continue reading
A U.S. District Court will hear North Carolina Democratic Party v Berger on Wednesday, January 24, at 9:30 a.m. in Greensboro. This is the case over whether North Carolina is violating the constitutional rights of the Democratic Party by having … Continue reading
The Working Families Party, which had been a qualified party in Vermont starting in 2009, has let its status lapse. It did not forward anything at tne end of 2017 to show that it still has town committees in at … Continue reading