On November 6, the voters of Florida passed an initiative, restoring voting rights to most ex-felons, but not all of them. Under the initiative, certain crimes still prevent ex-felons from registering, such as murder and violent sex crimes. On November … Continue reading
Ben Christopher has this story in Calmatters about voters who cast blank ballots in races with no choices except for two Democrats. Generally, 16% of the voters cast blank ballots in such races. The California official election returns still haven’t … Continue reading
The Utah State Elections office has ruled that when a party submits a party petition, it is automatically on for the next two elections, not just one election. This means that the Green Party is still ballot-qualified in Utah. The … Continue reading
On December 1, the Tennessee State Executive Committee passed a resolution in favor of changing voter registration forms, to ask voters to choose a party. This would enable parties that have primaries to close them. See this story. The party … Continue reading
On November 30, all the full-time judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit, heard Libertarian National Committee v Federal Election Commission. This is a challenge to the federal campaign law that won’t let donors leave large bequests to … Continue reading
