The Arizona legislature adjourned on May 4. The only election law bill of significance that passed is HB 2538. It changes the rules for special congressional elections. Governor Doug Ducey has not signed it yet. In any event, it does … Continue reading
The New York state Democratic Party meets on May 23-24. According to this story, some Democrats are working to get a vote at that meeting on whether to change the party bylaws, and allow independent voters to vote in Democratic … Continue reading
According to this article in The Hill, these cities have decided they don’t want to bid on the Republican presidential convention for 2020: Philadelphia, Nashville, San Antonio, and Las Vegas. Thanks to Political Wire for the link. … Continue reading
The California top-two system started in 2011. Ever since, no third party candidate for Congress has been on the ballot in November, except in 2014 a Peace & Freedom Party member, Adam Shebeita, qualified in the 44th district. He achieved … Continue reading
The Green Party has two state legislators in Maine, Ralph Chapman and Henry John Bear. Bear doesn’t have the same power that most Maine legislators have, because he is a tribal representative, but Chapman is a full-fledged state house member. … Continue reading
