During the last nine days, several election law bills of interest have added new co-sponsors. HR1826, public funding for congressional candidates, added 7 co-sponsors and now has 64. HR3025, to require states to use bipartisan commissions to draw U.S. House … Continue reading
The July 21 issue of New Jersey Newsroom has this op-ed by Chris Daggett, a former state official of New Jersey who is an independent candidate for Governor this year. Daggett makes the case for his own candidacy, including the … Continue reading
On July 21, the Arizona State Court of Appeals ruled that a trial should be held in Chavez v Brewer, 1 CA-cv-06-0575. The issue is whether the state’s electronic vote-counting machines produce accurate results. The lower court had refused to … Continue reading
Filing for Minneapolis city elections closed on July 21. The city is using Instant-Runoff Voting for the first time this year. The election is November 3. There will be no September primary, as there always has been in the past. … Continue reading
Arizona releases new voter registration data each calendar quarter. The July 1 figures show that the only qualified party that has gained registration share since the April 1 tally is the Libertarian Party, which went from .656% to .686%. The … Continue reading
