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The Joplin Globe has this editorial, urging the Missouri legislature to keep the open primary. A bill is pending to change Missouri to a closed primary state. … Continue reading
Richard Winger
On March 5, the Initiative & Referendum Institute, and the Center for Competitive Democracy, filed this amicus curiae brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in Schmitt v LaRose, 19-974. The amicus lists each state that has the initiative, and tells … Continue reading
On March 5, four political science professors filed this amicus curiae brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in Schmitt v LaRose, 19-974. The issue is whether the First Amendment protects initiative proponents from having their measures removed from the ballot … Continue reading
On March 2, U.S. District Court Judge Wilhelmina Wright, an Obama appointee, struck down city ordinances in St. Paul and Minneapolis that require landlords to furnish new tenants with information about how to register to vote. The landlords were required … Continue reading
On March 5, Elizabeth Warren ended her presidential candidacy.