Bills are pending in both houses of congress to award grants to states and local governments, to help them afford the transition to ranked choice voting. In the Senate, the bill is S2939, sponsored by Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colorado) and … Continue reading
This article in Puck says that backers of top-five systems hope to raise $100,000,000 soon to promote top-five systems. These systems deprive political parties of their ability to nominate candidates. No other country in the world has an election system … Continue reading
On October 19, the minor party and independent candidate plaintiffs filed this brief in their Texas ballot access case, Miller v Hughs, w.d., 1:19cv-700. The case was filed in 2019 and challenges all the Texas election laws that make it … Continue reading
Law Professor Derek Muller has this essay, pointing out that just because a judicial determination is someday made that Donald Trump is ineligible to run for president in 2024 due to Section Three of the 14th amendment, it doesn’t follow … Continue reading
On October 20, the U.S. Senate was asked to vote on S2747, the “Freedom to Vote Act”. The lead sponsor is Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar. But the bill will not receive a vote today because Republican Senators filibustered it. Here … Continue reading
