Congressmember John Sarbanes (D-Maryland) and many others have introduced HR 1, a federal election law bill. However, the text of the bill is not yet posted to the web page for Congress. When it is, this post will be revised … Continue reading
Richard Winger
On December 28, the Arizona voters who want a special election to fill Senator John McCain’s Senate seat filed this brief. The case is Tedards v Ducey, 2:18cv-4241. McCain died in August 2018 and the state proposes not to hold … Continue reading
On January 2, the Ninth Circuit agreed to rehear en banc Democratic National Committee v Reagan, 18-15845. This is a challenge to two Arizona election laws: (1) the law that won’t let provisional ballots be cast outside one’s home precinct; … Continue reading
David Greer, a registered Libertarian, has been appointed to the city council of Dougherty, Oklahoma. The post is non-partisan. The term is up in 2020. As far as is known, he is the first member of the Oklahoma Libertarian Party … Continue reading
The Yakima Herald-Republic here urges the legislature of Washington state to move the presidential primary from May to March. Washington has had early presidential primaries in the past. In 2004 and 2008 they were in February, and in 1996 were … Continue reading