The New York Times has this story about California’s top-two system, with emphasis on the point that it sometimes shuts out a major party from having a candidate on the November ballot, even though that major party might have the … Continue reading
The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether to hear Segovia v U.S., 17-1463, on June 7, 2018. This is the case from Illinois over voting rights for U.S. citizens who move out of Illinois to certain U.S. territories. If a … Continue reading
On May 23, U.S. District Magistrate Judge Mary Pat Thynge, a Bush Sr. appointee, again ruled that Delaware cannot require all State Supreme and Superior Court Judges to be members of the two largest political parties. Adams v Carney, 1:17cv-181. … Continue reading
See this story, which says the U.S. District Court that is hearing the Maine Republican Party case against ranked choice voting for Republican primaries will issue an opinion early next week. … Continue reading
The Freedom Socialist Party has a candidate for U.S. Senator in the August 2018 Washington state top-two primary. Washington state lets all candidates in partisan races choose any partisan label that is 16 characters or fewer and is not obscene. … Continue reading
