On April 8, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam moved the non-presidential primary from June 9 to June 23. This automatically extends the non-presidential independent and minor party candidate petition deadline, because the law says those petitions are due on primary day. … Continue reading
National Review has this article by Law Professor Joshua Kleinfeld and Rachel Kleinfeld, advocating that at least this year, states should let all voters cast postal ballots. This idea is not original, but given that National Review is considered to … Continue reading
On April 8, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy extended the non-presidential independent petition deadline from June 2 to July 7. He also said that independent candidate petitions can gather electronic signatures. He also moved the primary for president and all … Continue reading
Bob Dunning has this commentary on California’s top-two system, in the Davis (Yolo County) Enterprise. … Continue reading
According to this story, on April 8, Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon asked the legislature to quickly legalize electronic signatures for candidate petitions. Minnesota does not have statewide initiatives. Also, candidates seeking a place on a primary ballot don’t … Continue reading
