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On February 1, the Hawaii House Judiciary Committee defeated HB 167, which would have removed the column on petitions for the signer to place the last four digits of the signer’s Social Security number. … Continue reading
Richard Winger
The Kansas House Elections Committee has introduced HB 2113. It lowers the petition for a newly-qualifying party from 2% of the last gubernatorial vote, to 1%. Also it expands the time to obtain the signatures from six months to one … Continue reading
As previously noted, on January 11, a Wisconsin state trial court ruled in favor of the Wisconsin Elections Commission and Jill Stein in Elections Systems and Software v Election Commission. The issue was whether Stein’s experts, who are permitted to … Continue reading
A lawsuit is pending in U.S. District Court in Arizona on whether the Governor has the authority to postpone a special election for U.S. Senate (to replace John McCain) until November 2020. Tedards v Ducey, 2:18cv-4241. The plaintiffs are Arizona … Continue reading
Hank Adler has this interesting article in Townhall about what would happen if no one got a majority in the electoral college. The Constitution says in that case, the House would choose the President, with each state getting one vote. … Continue reading