On April 20, the California Senate Elections Committee passed SB 1346 by a vote of 3-2. This bill provides for Instant Runoff Voting for special elections for U.S. House and state legislature, if all the counties in that district agree. … Continue reading
This Idaho Spokesman story, at the very end, carries quotes from Idaho Secretary of State Ben Ysursa, as to the April 19 federal court decision that struck down the Idaho procedures for independent presidential candidates. The quotes seem to show … Continue reading
On April 16, U.S. District Court Judge Richard Seeborg issued this 19-page order, denying a request that San Francisco be prohibited from using its version of Instant Runoff Voting in this year’s city elections. The case is Dudum v City … Continue reading
On April 15, a U.S. District Court heard arguments in Utahns for Ethical Government v Barton. See this story. The case was filed by the group that is submitting a petition on April 15 to get an initiative on the … Continue reading
On April 8, the California State Court of Appeals in Sacramento refused to hear the lawsuit Fuller v Bowen, C064622. This is the case over whether the California Constitutional provision requiring candidates for the legislature to have lived in the … Continue reading
