On January 23, HB 216 was defeated in the House Privileges and Elections Committee. It would have provided that party labels be printed on the general election ballot for local partisan office. Currently many Virginia elections for local office are … Continue reading
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On January 24, Truthdig published “An Open Letter to the Green Party for 2020”, which asks the Green Party not to run a presidential nominee in swing states. The signers are Michael Albert, Leslie Cagan, Noam Chomsky, Ron Daniels, Barbara … Continue reading
Californians for Electoral Reform, which has been working for proportional representation and ranked choice voting in California for decades, is throwing itself into a campaign to expand the size of the California legislature. The current legislature has only 40 State … Continue reading
With just a few hours to go until the deadline, thirteen Democrats and five Republicans have filed to be on a West Virginia presidential primary. Here is the link to the Secretary of State’s list. Candidates qualify by paying a … Continue reading
January 24 is the deadline for candidates to file for the Rhode Island presidential primaries. With a few hours to go, twelve Democrats and four Republicans have filed. Here is the list from the Secretary of State’s web page. Candidates … Continue reading