On January 31, Alabama State Senator Cam Ward introduced SB 70, to reduce the petition requirement for statewide non-presidential independent candidates, and new or previously unqualified parties, from 3% of the last gubernatorial vote, to 1.5%. The bill also changes … Continue reading
Nevada State Senator Ben Kieckhefer (R-Nevada) is sponsoring initiative S-03-2020, to create a top-two system for all partisan offices except president. See this news story, which says that the head of the League of Women Voters of Southern Nevada supports … Continue reading
This article discusses what is known about the registration of each member of the U.S. Supreme Court. The article would be improved if it noted that Virginia doesn’t have registration by party. Justice Sonia Sotomayor is a registered independent. … Continue reading
On February 4, Minnesota held a special election to fill the vacancy in State House district 60A. The only two candidates on the ballot were the nominees of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, and the Legal Marijuana Now Party. The nominee of … Continue reading
According to this article, some leaders of the South Carolina Republican Party will launch a campaign to persuade supporters of President Donald Trump to choose a Democratic presidential primary ballot on February 29, and to vote for Bernie Sanders. This … Continue reading
