On February 7, the U.S. District Court Judge assigned to the lawsuit North Carolina Democratic Party v Berger issued an order. She had ruled last week that the state must hold 2018 judicial primaries for the State Supreme Court and … Continue reading
On January 31, a U.S. District Court issued a 12-page order in Citizens for Fair Representation v Padilla, e.d., 2:17cv-973. This is the lawsuit that says because California’s legislative districts have such huge populations (virtually 1,000,000 for State Senate, and … Continue reading
John Cox’s California initiative to vastly expand the number of state legislators has failed to qualify for the ballot. Cox submitted 794,643 signatures and needed 585,407 valid ones. Election officials checked all the signatures and determined that only 559,906 were … Continue reading
On February 1, a subcommittee of the Virginia House Privileges & Elections Committee defeated HB 1129 by 5-1. The bill would have imposed a top-two system on Virginia.
Public Policy Polls released a new California poll on February 7, showing that two Democrats will likely be the only choices on the November 2018 ballot for both Governor and U.S. Senator. Voters who don’t wish to vote for a … Continue reading
