On July 16, the Kansas City Star editorialized that Kansas government should no longer pay the election-administration costs of Republican and Democratic primaries, because neither party lets independents vote in their primaries. As the editorial says, independents can vote in … Continue reading
The Billings Gazette here editorializes that the Montana Supreme Court ought to hear the Green Party’s ballot access appeal. … Continue reading
The Michigan Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Wednesday, July 18, on whether the initiative to set up a nonpartisan redistricting commission should be on the November 2018 ballot. See this story. The Michigan Supreme Court is elected on … Continue reading
Three of the four Washington State Democratic presidential electors who voted for someone other than Hillary Clinton in the electoral college in December 2016 — faithless electors — have asked the State Supreme Court to hear their appeal. They were … Continue reading
A bill in the Massachusetts legislature to implement automatic voter registration is likely to pass soon. The bill has already passed both chanbers, but the versions in each house aren’t identical, so a conference committee is being appointed to set … Continue reading
