On February 10, the city of Seattle filed this response in Elster v City of Seattle, 19-608. This is a case involving Seattle’s voucher system for public funding of campaigns for city office. Each registered voter has four $25 vouchers, … Continue reading
On February 10, U.S. District Court Judge Daniel Hovland, a Bush Jr. appointee, refused to dismiss the lawsuit Spirit Lake Tribe v Jaeger, 1:18cv-222. This case was filed in 2018 over North Dakota’s law, requiring voters at the polls to … Continue reading
On February 7, the federal government filed a notice of appeal in Fitisemanu v USA. This is the case in which a U.S. District Court in Utah ruled that the U.S. Constitution requires that persons born in American Samoa be … Continue reading
Two West Virginia State Senators have introduced SB 733. It eases the definition of “political party”, from a group that got 1% for Governor, to a group that got 1% for either Governor or President. The authors are Senator Charles … Continue reading
On February 7, the Virginia House passed HB 1107, which lets local governments use ranked choice voting for elections for their own officers. The vote was 57-42. Here is the text. … Continue reading
