Voters in New York city will be voting on November 5, 2019, on a charter amendment for the city to use ranked choice voting for primaries and special elections. On October 15, the New York Times endorsed the ballot measure. … Continue reading
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U.S. District Court Judge Robert Pitman will hear part of Miller v Hughes on Thursday, October 31. This is the Texas ballot access case filed by several minor parties earlier this year. The hearing will only be concerned with whether … Continue reading
Two Connecticut Libertarian nominees for city office in Meridan were restored to the ballot on October 10, for the election of November 5, 2019. See this story. They had originally been removed for slightly irregular paperwork. They sued and then … Continue reading
On October 14, a Kentucky trial court enjoined new Kentucky procedures for handling inactive voters at the polls, for the gubernatorial election being held on November 5, 2019. Here is the order in Kentucky Democratic Party v State Board of … Continue reading
The California Supreme Court has said it will hear oral argument in Patterson v Padilla, S257302, no later than the week of November 4-8, 2019. Conceivably it could be earlier. This is the case over whether the California Constitution permits … Continue reading