Maine supporters of ranked choice voting are conducting a referendum petition drive, to fight last month’s new Maine law that suspends ranked choice voting until 2021. If the supporters obtain approximately 61,000 signatures in the next 80 days, the October … Continue reading
Richard Winger
On November 13, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear Minnesota Voters Alliance v Mansky, 16-1435. This is the case concerning Minnesota’s law forbidding any clothing at the polls, or anything attached to clothing, that has any political content. The … Continue reading
On November 7, many municipalities in Montana held city elections. In Hardin and also in Lodge Grass, a write-in candidate was elected Mayor. In both cases the write-in candidate defeated candidates whose names were on the ballot. They winners were … Continue reading
Election law professor Derek Muller has this interesting essay on the December 2017 U.S. Senate special election in Alabama. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link. … Continue reading
On November 7, Virginia held local partisan elections as well as elections for state office. In Bedford County, independent candidate Edgar Tuck defeated his Republican and Democratic opponents and won a seat on the Board of Supervisors. See this story. … Continue reading