Now that a U.S. District Court has declined to freeze Michigan’s new procedure for choosing a redistricting commission, the Secretary of State is going ahead with the process. This article says the state has already chosen 250,000 people at random, … Continue reading
This Houston Chronicle story says Libertarian Party candidates for the legislature are more and more likely to poll a number of votes that is greater than the difference between the two major party candidates. However the article does not mention … Continue reading
On November 27, persons associated with the Democratic Party sued Minnesota over its law on the order of candidates on the general election in partisan races. That law, unique in the nation, says the nominees of the qualified parties should … Continue reading
On November 26, Rocky De La Fuente sued Minnesota in federal court, over the law that gives the Republican Party exclusive control over which candidates may be listed on the party’s presidential primary ballot. De La Fuente v Simon, 0:19cv-2995. … Continue reading
If the proposal of the New York Campaign Finance Commission had been in effect in 2018, the only ballot-qualified parties would have been Democratic, Republican, and Conservative. In that case, there are twelve legislative elections from 2018 that actually had … Continue reading
