On July 9, a California environmental group, the Planning and Conservation League, asked the California Supreme Court to remove Proposition 9 from the ballot. This is the initiative to split California into three states. The court is free to either … Continue reading
On June 9, Roland Riemers, Libertarian candidate for Secretary of State of North Dakota in the June 12 primary, asked the State Supreme Court to order the Secretary of State to recount the primary vote for Secretary of State. Riemers … Continue reading
Hal Patton, Mayor of Edwardsville, Illinois, will appear on the November ballot as the nominee for State Senate, 56th district, of the Downstate United Party. He needed 5,201 signatures and he submitted 9,000. No one challenged his petition. He is … Continue reading
Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump’s choice for the U.S. Supreme Court, has had few voting rights cases. In Libertarian Party v District of Columbia Board of Elections, he voted to uphold the action of D.C. election officials who refused to … Continue reading
The Daily Bruin here editorializes that California’s top-two system is faulty and should be replaced. The Daily Bruin is the student newspaper at UCLA (University of California at Los Angeles). Thanks to Rob Richie for the link. … Continue reading
