The Daily Bruin here editorializes that California’s top-two system is faulty and should be replaced. The Daily Bruin is the student newspaper at UCLA (University of California at Los Angeles). Thanks to Rob Richie for the link. … Continue reading
On July 9, a Montana state trial court removed the Green Party from the ballot, finding that it was 43 signatures short of the number needed. The state requires 5,000 valid signatures, and all sides agree that this requirement was … Continue reading
The New Jersey Globe, a web newsletter about New Jersey politics and government, here notes that registration into unqualified parties in New Jersey has doubled in the last 18 months, and is now over 40,000. The only reason unqualified parties … Continue reading
The supporters of Approval Voting appear to have qualified an initiative in Lane County, Oregon. If the county initiative has enough valid signatures and is otherwise approved for the ballot, Lane County voters would vote on the idea in November … Continue reading
On June 26, the Washington Secretary of State filed this opening brief in the Ninth Circuit in De La Fuente v Wyman, 18-35208. The issue is the state law that says petitions to place an independent presidential candidate, or the … Continue reading
