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Scott Tucker has this opinion piece in Truthdig about California’s top-two system. … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2018
On March 7, New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez pocket-vetoed SB 178. It would have ended primaries for Lieutenant Governor. Instead, party nominees for Governor would have chosen their own Lieutenant Governor running mate after the primaries were over. Because of … Continue reading
On March 7, the Utah House passed HB 485. It says that if parties want to change their rules relative to their nomination process, the rules change must be made in the year before the election. This bill is designed … Continue reading
Texas held primaries on March 6 for Congress and partisan state and county office. Approximately 1,600,000 voters chose a Republican ballot, and approximately 1,060,000 voters chose a Democratic ballot, for a total of 2,660,000 primary voters. Texas has 15,249,541 registered … Continue reading
California State Senator Ben Allen has introduced ACA 18. It would allow the Governor to order that particular special legislative and congressional elections used ranked-choice voting. This would end the wasteful and time-consuming process that exists now, in which virtually … Continue reading