On April 6, the Erie County Supreme Court struck down a 2021 New York law that forbids voters in primaries from casting a write-in vote for someone who is not a member of that party. The case had been filed by voters from the Conservative Party and the Working Families Party. Kowal v Mohr, 801603/2023.
The ostensible purpose of the 2021 law was to stop “party-raiding”, in which voters who are hostile to a particular party cast insincere votes in that party’s primary, in order to injure that party. But all the available evidence suggested that rarely, if ever, happens. Thanks to Joe Burns for this news. The basis for the decision was the state constitutional protection of the right to vote.
Mr. Winger, have you considered this debate format for those of us who contribute here?
https://reason.com/2023/04/08/proposition-its-time-for-a-national-divorce/
If you read the whole thing, there are links to many more below. Their comments are surprisingly not bad for a cosmotarian rag. My regards to Alden James for the heads up.
MERE NY CONST STOPS GERRYMANDER HACKS — A BIT AT LEAST
Thanks for the link to that interesting Reason article.
You’re welcome, sir. I linked it not as much for the article as for the discussion format, both within the article and others linked to similar debates the cosmotarian rag hosted previously, but for my interests the discussion format and style in the comments section. I find their format much more appealing than whatever is used here with far higher intellectual quality quite possibly as a result. However, the subject matter of your site is interesting in that it deals with governance systems, a particular interest of mine. I’m hoping you will consider adoption of their comments format, hosting similar debate articles, or both, to add value and readership to your publication.