“The Conversation” is an on-line publication, since 2011, with content from the academic and research community. It has published this article about multi-candidate elections, by Mathematics Professor Christoph Borgers of Tufts. It shows theoretical flaws in standard elections, elections using … Continue reading
The 2018 West Virginia legislature passed HB 4434, to make it clear that people who lose a primary (for office other than president) can’t petition onto the general election ballot. See this story, which says that it doesn’t go into … Continue reading
A few days ago, it became known that a Utah initiative to legalize medical marijuana had enough valid signatures. It is very difficult to get a statewide initiative on the Utah ballot. Then, opponents of the measure sued in state … Continue reading
On May 16, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed HB 2538. It eliminates special U.S. Senate elections if the seat becomes vacant in the middle of an election year. Instead, in such circumstances, the gubernatorial appointee would serve two and one-half … Continue reading
Andrew Gumbel, an author, journalist, and former foreign correspondent in many countries, has this op-ed in the Los Angeles Times. He argues that California’s top-two system isn’t working well and should be changed. Read about Gumbel here. UPDATE: also, CalMatters, … Continue reading
