Washington state has a top-two system. In top-two systems, no minor party candidate ever qualifies for the November ballot unless there is only one major party candidate in the primary, in that same race. In November 2016, ten Libertarians appeared … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2018
On May 25, the California State Senate Appropriations Committee passed SB 1394, the bill to outlaw paying circulators on a per-signature basis. The bill now goes to the full State Senate. Governor Jerry Brown has vetoed similar bills in the … Continue reading
British Columbia voters will decide whether to use a new voting system sometime before the end of November 2018. The exact question is still not prepared, but already debates are being held. See this story. … Continue reading
North Carolina has registration by party, but the state never tallies the number of voters registered into unqualified parties. Because the Green Party became a qualified party earlier this year, the state is now reporting Green registration data. The State … Continue reading
Michael Feinstein has this op-ed in the Los Angeles Times, advocating proportional representation for California. … Continue reading