Recently a court in Russia issued a ruling barring supporters or associates of Alexei Navalny from running for parliament in the upcoming September 2021 parliamentary election. See this London Times story. Thanks to Political Wire for the link. … Continue reading
The Virginia Elections office has determined that independent gubernatorial candidate Princess Blanding submitted enough valid signatures to be on the November 2021 ballot. The other two petitions, for Constitution Party nominee T. C. Phipps and independent Frankie Bowers, did not … Continue reading
June 8 was the deadline for independent candidates, and the nominees of unqualified parties, to submit signatures to be on the ballot for Virginia state office. Three petitions were submitted for Governor. They each needed 2,000 signatures. It is not … Continue reading
On June 9, the Maine legislature passed LD 231, which lets independent voters choose a primary ballot, even though they are not members of the party. The bill was originally titled as a bill for an “open primary”, but it … Continue reading
On June 8, the Colorado legislature passed HB 1071. It says that if a city wants to use ranked choice voting for its own city officer elections, the county elections office must handle that RCV election for the city. This … Continue reading
