On April 9, the Hawaii House passed SB 560. It provides for ranked choice voting in special elections. The bill had already passed the Senate. However, it is still not through the legislature, because the version of the bill in … Continue reading
Jim Jones, a Republican former Attorney General (1982-1990) and former member of the Idaho Supreme Court, has this op-ed in the Idaho State Journal. He criticizes the state legislature for passing SB 1110 recently. It makes it virtually impossible for … Continue reading
Run for Something, an organization formed in 2017 to encourage young citizens to run for public office, has released a study that shows the value of a party running for seats that it knows in advance it will not win. … Continue reading
On April 19, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an order in Bognet v Degraffenreid, 20-740. The case had been filed by a Republican candidate for Congress in 2020, arguing that the U.S. Constitution does not permit state courts to alter … Continue reading
On April 19, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Thompson v DeWine, 20-1072. This is the case in which initiative proponents had asked the government of Ohio for some petitioning relief during the health crisis. The U.S. District Court … Continue reading
