Mississippi elected a new Secretary of State on November 5, 2019. Michael Watson, a Republican, says he wants to eliminate the provision in the state Constitution that says the winner in gubernatorial elections must not only get the most votes, … Continue reading
On Sunday, December 1, the New York Campaign Finance Reform Commission released its report on what the law should be regarding public funding of candidates for state office, and for the definition of “political party”, and the number of signatures … Continue reading
Michigan Live has this story about the lawsuit over the Michigan Republican presidential primary ballot. The law gives the Secretary of State the power to decide which candidates have been mentioned in enough media to be on the ballot automatically. … Continue reading
This article says there is some reason to believe the Democratic National Committee will revise its rules for getting into the Democratic debates. The current rules prevent Michael Bloomberg from qualifying, because they require 300,000 donors and Bloomberg isn’t accepting … Continue reading
The Independent Party of Oregon is ballot-qualified, but no longer has enough registrants to qualify for a government-administered primary. It will administer its own primary in 2020, using the internet. See this story. … Continue reading
