On September 21, U.S. District Court Judge Franklin Valderrama, a Trump appointee, upheld the Illinois 5% (of the last vote cast) petition requirement for independent candidates for U.S. House. Sigcho-Lopez v Illinois State Board of Elections, n.d., 1:26cv-9156. The plaintiff, … Continue reading
The national Libertarian Party has resumed publishing a monthly print newsletter, the “LP News”. The August 2026 issue is arriving in members’ mailboxes. It is described as “Volume 55, issue 3”, reflecting that the publication was first created in 1972, … Continue reading
On September 21, the Eighth Circuit ruled that Missouri must use the 2025 maps, instead of the 2022 maps, for its U.S. House elections. Onder v State of Missouri and Hoskins, 26-2797. Here is the decision, which is 3-0. The … Continue reading
Calmatters, a prominent website about California government and politics, has this op-ed about the California top-two system. The authors support top-two. At the very first sentence, they make a factual error. They say that California had a closed primary before … Continue reading
Massachusetts voters will see an initiative on their November ballot for a top-two system. Here is the website of the supporters, yeson3ma.org. Here is the website of the opponents, votenoon3mass.com. Also, Progressive Massachusetts has a portion of its website in … Continue reading
