A majority of members of the Washington, D.C., city council, are sponsoring a bill to use ranked choice voting in District of Columbia elections. Presumably the bill relates both to primaries and general elections. See this story. … Continue reading
On June 14, the California independent citizens redistricting commission voted unanimously to ask the California Supreme Court to set aside the legal deadlines for the commission to finish its work. This request was made because the U.S. Census Bureau can’t … Continue reading
Many Working Families Party nominees in the New York city election of November 2021 (who are almost entirely almost Democratic Party nominees) are being kept off the ballot as WFP nominees. See this story, which says the city Board of … Continue reading
The Arkansas Secretary of State has verified the petitions for presidential status for 2024 for the Green Party and the Prohibition Party. They each needed 1,000 signatures. The Secretary had earlier verified the presidential petition for the American Solidarity Party. … Continue reading
The Third Circuit will hear Benezet Consulting v Boockvar, 20-2976 on September 23. This is the case over Pennsylvania’s ban on out-of-state circulators for primary petitions. The U.S. District Court had struck down the law, but only as applied to … Continue reading
