The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether to hear Independent Party v Padilla, 17-1200, on March 23. It will consider whether to hear Tripp v Scholz, 17-1129, on March 29. The first case is from California and the second one … Continue reading
On March 20, the Tennessee Senate State and Local Government Committee sent SB 770 for summer study. This is the bill that lowered the number of signatures from 2.5% of the last gubernatorial vote, to exactly 5,000. An identical bill … Continue reading
On June 5, Montana holds partisan primaries. Technically all qualified parties in Montana nominate by primary, but the state has almost never before printed up any primary ballots for parties other than Republican or Democratic. Generally minor parties don’t have … Continue reading
On March 22, a trial state court in Madison, Wisconsin, ordered Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker to schedule special elections for two empty seats in the legislature. See this story. The Governor had wanted to keep the seats vacant until the … Continue reading
On March 20, the New York village of South Glens Falls held a special election to fill a vacancy on the Village Board. Green Party nominee Christine Elms won the election, which was a partisan election. Although she was the … Continue reading
