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Utah supporters of “top-five” will try to qualify an initiative for their idea. The initiative requires 138,000 signatures, due in February 2022. See this story. … Continue reading
Richard Winger
On June 15, the District of Columbia held a special election to fill a vacancy in the Advisory Neighborhood Commission inside Ward 7. These D.C. offices have a very small constituency. The typical district only has 2,000 voters. This particular … Continue reading
According to this story, California will be hard-pressed to finish redistricting in time for the normal June primary. The last time California had a primary later than June was in 1942, when it was in late August. But it is … Continue reading
On August 9, the Texas Senate passed SB 13 by a vote of 28-1. The bill provides for a later 2022 primary. The bill does not itself settle when the primary will be, but sets up conditions, that are dependent … Continue reading
On July 30, U.S. District Court Judge Freda L. Wolfson, a Bush Jr. appointee, upheld a New Jersey law concerning ballot labels in partisan primary elections. Mazo v Way, 3:20cv-8174. Here is the 37-page opinion. New Jersey primary ballots, unlike … Continue reading