A group of Utah citizens will try to qualify an initiative for the 2018 ballots that abolishes the caucus system for a candidate to get on a primary ballot. Instead the only way for candidates to get on a primary … Continue reading
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On August 17, the Michigan Board of State Canvassers approved the initiative petition that would set up a non-partisan commission to draw U.S. House and legislative district boundaries. Here is the web page of the proponents of that initiative. Thanks … Continue reading
On August 16, New York Supreme Court Justice Lawrence H. Ecker issued a 16-page ruling in Swiller v Lecuona, 2320/17. He said that petition signatures in which the signer only wrote “W.P.” instead of “White Plains” for city are valid. He … Continue reading
This New York Times has this op-ed by Quin Hilyer, an Alabama resident and an observer of Alabama politics and government. It predicts that Roy Moore will win the September 26 Republican run-off primary for U.S. Senate, and also the … Continue reading
A U.S. District Court in New York will hear Merced v Spano, e.d. 1:16cv-3054, on December 13, 2017. This is the case that challenges New York state’s ban on out-of-state circulators. It is a Libertarian Party case, filed in 2016.