On March 2, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed AB 8917, which moves this year’s primary (for state and local office) from September 11 to September 13. That gives New York the latest primary date of any state, for 2018.
On March 2, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed AB 8917, which moves this year’s primary (for state and local office) from September 11 to September 13. That gives New York the latest primary date of any state, for 2018.
NO primaries.
ONE election day.
Ballot access ONLY via EQUAL nominating petitions or filing fees.
PR and AppV
NO problem in getting absentee ballots to and from USA troopers on front lines fighting Stone Age barbarians ???
@DR, That is why New York has separate primaries for congressional elections and state and local offices.
Of course, Louisiana can get a runoff election done in a month and comply with UOCAVA because they use an Open Primary. The same could be done in Top 2 states.
Louisiana doesn’t have a primary, only a regular general election and then, if needed, a runoff election
@Brandon,
Let’s go beyond your being a petty pedant, and address the substance of what I wrote. In 2016, there were two events in which all voters could participate.
On November 8, there was Event 1, in which voters could vote for any of 24 Senate candidates.
On December 10, there was Event 2, in which voters could vote for either of the Top 2 candidates from Event 1.
The two events were 32 days apart.
JR —
For the info of newer list folks –
Did the LA troopers overseas fighting the Barbarians on the Front Lines get number ranked ballots in Event 1 —
due to the *short* 32 days between events/elections 1 and 2 ???
Again – elections = making choices.
Some moron southern States —
Election/Event 1 — aka primary
Election/Event 2 — aka runoff primary (due to pre-1964 one party Donkey regimes)
Election/Event 3 — general election
—
ONE election day/event
PR and AppV – pending Condorcet
@DR,
Yes. My understanding is that they receive a conventional ballot for Event 1; a write-in ballot for Event 2; and a provisional ballot for Event 2. On the provisional ballot, the (potential) candidates may be ranked. It is relatively simple since the potential candidates for Event 2 are the same as the actual candidates for Event 1.
Louisiana regressed to using the 3 event system for congressional elections. They still permitted the ranked provisional ballots. Now consider if A, B, C were Republicans; D, E were Democrats; F was a Libertarian; and G was an independent.
If you were an R, your Event 1 ballot would be for ABC; your Event 2 ballot would be for ABC; and your Event 3 ballot would be for ABCDEFG.
If you were a D, your Event 1 ballot would be for DE; there would be no Event 2 ballot; and your Event 3 ballot would be for ABCDEFG.
If you were an L or an I, there would be no Event; there would be no Event 2 ballot; and your Event 3 ballot would be for ABCDEFG.
The SOS had to make out instructions for each congressional district, and each party of potential voters. Extremely complicated.
I’m not the one that is trying to change definitions to suit my predetermined preference. The fact that all voters could participate doesn’t mean it wasn’t a general election (not sure why you think that). For example in 2011 Jindal was re-elected as governor on October 22, 2011. Since he got more than 50% he won and there was no need for a run-off election. By your way of thinking this year there was a primary but no general election which is absurd.
JR –
What percentage of the rank order ballots get messed up ??? —
2 or more same rankings, gaps in rankings
govt errors in voter rankings — assumed computerized rankings [???]
https://www.sos.la.gov/ElectionsAndVoting/GetElectionInformation/ReviewTypesOfElections/Pages/default.aspx
Up to date ???
https://www.sos.la.gov/ElectionsAndVoting/GetElectionInformation/HowAreCandidatesElected/Pages/default.aspx
Also — Up to date ???
https://transition.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2018/2018pdates_004.pdf
primary dates as of 11 Jan 2018
9 States with Congress runoff primary elections –
1 north – 8 south
@DR,
I don’t know. Candidates are ranked by placing numerals such as 1, 2, 3, etc. next to the candidates. Remember that the vote is not transferable, so the only question to resolve is which of the two finalists is ranked higher.
If Roger Rep is ranked 2nd, and Danny Demo is ranked 5th. It really doesn’t matter that 4th was skipped or if Larry Lib was also ranked 2nd. The only ambiguity would be if the two finalists had been ranked the same.
https://www.sos.la.gov/ElectionsAndVoting/PublishedDocuments/FrequentlyAskedQuestionsForElectronicBallot2012.pdf
Thanks again Robert. Very informative . . .