California State Senator Ben Allen (D-Santa Monica) has introduced SB 641. It allows the Governor to require that Ranked Choice Voting be used in special congressional and legislative elections, if he determines that all the counties inside the particular district … Continue reading
On March 1, the Hawaii House passed HB 210, which provides for ranked choice voting for all partisan primaries. See the text here. Now the bill goes to the Senate. Only nine representatives voted “no.” There is a similar bill … Continue reading
On February 26, Chicago held non-partisan elections for Mayor and Alderman. Two members of Democratic Socialists of America were elected to the Board of Aldermen, and three more are in run-offs. Even before the election, DSA had one member on … Continue reading
According to Michael Drucker, the New York State Democratic Committee will meet on Monday, March 4. On the agenda is a resolution that would ask the New York legislature to ban fusion, the practice of letting two parties jointly nominate … Continue reading
On February 26, the Arizona House defeated HB 2127 by 23-36. The bill would have moved the deadline for a candidate to file for the primary from 90 days before the primary, to 120 days. The bill would have had … Continue reading
