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On October 5, Albania’s highest court invalidated a national election law that made it far more difficult for an independent candidate to be elected, compared to party nominees. See this story. … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2021
As noted previously, after the Alaska voters passed a top-four system in November 2020, the Alaskan Independence Party, and Libertarian activist Scott Kohlhaas filed a lawsuit in state court to overturn the initiative. They did so based on a precedent … Continue reading
Truthout has this article by Michael Feinstein and Howie Hawkins, criticizing the Democratic Party-backed election law bill in Congress for proposing to eliminate primary season matching funds. Thanks to Fairvote for the link. … Continue reading
This news story quotes Andrew Yang as saying that he has left the Democratic Party and is now an independent. The article does not explicitly say he has changed his registration (the New York state term for that is “enrollment”), … Continue reading
Buffalo, New York Mayor Byron Brown’s campaign is distributing rubber stamps to voters, to make it easier for voters to cast a write-in vote for him. See this story. The election is November 2, 2021. … Continue reading