George Skelton, the veteran Sacramento news correspondent covering California state government, here writes, “Give California’s top-two primary some more time, and if it doesn’t get better, junk it.” This is significant, because since 2004, Skelton has been a strong supporter … Continue reading
Maine holds its primaries on June 12. The state is using ranked choice voting, and also voters will vote on a referendum on whether to keep ranked choice voting. Here is a New York Times story about the campaign for … Continue reading
Ted Rall, an author and editorial cartoonist, has this opinion piece defending political parties and partisanship, and criticizing top-two systems. Some of his points have support in the political science research conducted by Samara Klar and Yanna Krupnikov, set forth … Continue reading
On June 8, the Minnesota Secretary of State approved the Libertarian Party’s gubernatorial petition. The Secretary of State is still checking the petitions for the Green Party, the Independence Party, the Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party, and the Legal Marijuana Now Party. … Continue reading
On June 11, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in Husted v A. Philip Randolph Institute, 16-980. The decision says that Ohio’s method for purging voters does not violate the federal law on voter registration. Here is the decision. … Continue reading
