For the last few years, some Oregon election officials have been trying to get permission to stop printing the full names of political parties on general election ballots, and replace the full names with three-letter abbreviations. On February 23, the … Continue reading
Two Pennsylvania Democratic Congressmen, Jason Altmire and Mark Critz, are running against each other in the April 24th primary because Pennsylvania’s new districts put both of them in the same district, the 12th district in the western end of the … Continue reading
On February 24, the Kentucky Supreme Court issued a two-page order, agreeing with a lower state court that the new legislative district boundaries are unconstitutional. Here is the lower court opinion, which struck down the new boundaries because the population … Continue reading
The Charlotte Observer has this story about Americans Elect’s successful completion of its North Carolina petition. … Continue reading
For the last few weeks, virtually everyone who has been following the Texas redistricting trial has assumed that the Texas primary this year will be May 29. However, on February 24, the Texas Republican Party state chair issued a letter, … Continue reading
