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On the night of June 15, the city council of Albany, California, voted to ask voters whether to use ranked choice voting for city elections. The measure will be on the November 2020 ballot. Thanks to Jim Lindsay for this … Continue reading
Richard Winger
On June 15, U.S. District Court Judge Susan Richard Nelson, an Obama appointee, issued an order in Pavek v Simon, 0:19cv-3000. This is the case filed by the Democratic Party over the order of candidates on the general election ballot. … Continue reading
The Working Families Party has finished its petition for party status in New Mexico. As a new party, it will nominate by convention. This is the first new state in which the WFP has sought party status, since it petitioned … Continue reading
On June 15, proponents of a Georgia local recall filed a federal lawsuit to overturn the law that says only residents of the jurisdiction may circulate petitions to recall a local official. Malone v Raffensperger, n.d., 1:20cv-2513. The case is … Continue reading
On June 15, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Arizona Libertarian Party v Hobbs, 19-757. The Ninth Circuit had upheld a law that kept all Libertarians off their own party’s primary ballot for all congressional and state office in … Continue reading