The Opelika-Auburn News, a daily newspaper in Alabama, has this story about the rules for an independent candidate to get on the ballot in that state. Alabama and New Mexico are tied for having the nation’s most restrictive petition requirement … Continue reading
California elects an Insurance Commissioner on a partisan basis. Last month, Steve Poizner changed his registration from Republican to independent. He served as California’s Republican Insurance Commissioner 2006-2010. He has just announced that he will run for his old office … Continue reading
On February 12, Nebraska State Senator Bob Krist switched his party registration from independent to Democratic. He had filed a lawsuit on February 1 against the 10% petition requirement for non-presidential independent candidates, but it appears that lawsuit will now … Continue reading
On February 12, a trial started in Lopez v Abbott, s.d., 2:16cv-303. This is a civil rights election law case filed in July 2016, alleging that the Texas system for electing State Supreme Court Justices, and also Justices of the … Continue reading
On February 10, the New Mexico House unanimously passed HJM 19. It sets up a 13-member commission to study various ideas for improving elections, including ballot access, open primaries, non-partisan redistricting, ranked choice voting, public financing of campaigns, automatic voter … Continue reading
