On June 5, the Iowa Libertarian Party had its first primary. For Governor, the unofficial results are: Jake Porter 962; Marco Battaglia 678; write-ins 129. Here is a link to the returns on the Secretary of State’s web page. … Continue reading
The Daily Beast has this article about the June 4 campaign finance report filed by Jill Stein. The article says that the Stein campaign remains committed to asking recount donors their opinion on how to spend the remaining funds. … Continue reading
On May 31, the California Senate passed SB 1394 by 24-13. This is the bill that outlaws paying circulators on a per-signature basis. In the past, Governor Jerry Brown has vetoed similar bills. Ironically, the author of the bill, Senator … Continue reading
On June 4, the city council of Las Cruces unanimously voted to use ranked choice voting for city elections, starting in 2019. See this story. Thanks to Michael Drucker for this news. … Continue reading
Writer Dan Conley here predicts that the Democratic presidential primaries in 2020 will not settle who the presidential nominee will be, and that the delegates to the national convention will make the actual choice. He points out that Democratic national … Continue reading
