On February 18, Virginia HB 1103 passed the Senate Privileges & Elections Committee, 8-5. It had already passed the House. It lets local governments use ranked choice voting for elections for their own officers.
Richard Winger
As previously noted, the Alabama Libertarian Party sued the Secretary of State last year over the state’s policy of giving a free list of registered voters to ballot-qualified parties, but not to parties trying to get on the ballot. Libertarian … Continue reading
Kim Wyman, Secretary of State of Washington, plans to skip voting in the March presidential primary, according to this story. In the state’s presidential primary, voters must sign in as either Republicans or Democrats, in order to get a ballot. … Continue reading
On February 24, the Maine Green Party announced publicly that it will not be able to place its candidate for U.S. Senate, Lisa Savage, on the Maine Green Party primary ballot. Maine, like Massachusetts and Arizona, makes it extremely difficult … Continue reading
On February 24, two ballot-qualified parties in Florida filed a federal lawsuit against the 2011 law that says qualified parties can’t be on the November ballot for president unless they either are recognized by the Federal Election Commission as “national … Continue reading