California State Senator Ben Allen has introduced a state constitutional amendment, SCA 21, to change certain characteristics of the top-two system. It had originally been set for a hearing in the Senate Election Committee on May 1, but was postponed. … Continue reading
The Democratic Party presidential electors from 2016 who wanted to vote for someone other than Hillary Clinton in the electoral college have filed a notice of appeal to the Tenth Circuit. Nemanich v Williams, 18-1173. … Continue reading
A U.S. District Court in Illinois is currently adjudicating a lawsuit against the state’s 5% (of the last vote cast) petition requirement for U.S. House. The trial in the case had been set for September 18, 2018, but it has … Continue reading
On April 26, a U.S. District Court in New York refused to order the state to hold a special election to fill the vacancy U.S. House seat, 25th district. See the two-page order here in Seubert v Cuomo, w.d., 6:18cv-6303. … Continue reading
California elects an Insurance Commissioner as a statewide partisan race on June 5, 2018. There are four candidates on the ballot, two Democrats, one independent, and one member of the Peace & Freedom Party. Here is an Associated Press story … Continue reading
