On March 22, California State Senator Ben Allen introduced SCA 21. It says that write-in candidates for a partisan office in the primary cannot advance to the general election, even if they place second, unless they receive at least 65 … Continue reading
California lets candidates for congress and state partisan office pay to have statements in pamphlets that are mailed by the government to all registered voters. Statewide candidate statements go in the Voters Pamphlet, which is prepared by the Secretary of … Continue reading
The newly-constituted North Carolina State Board of Elections has put recognition of the Green Party on its agenda for its March 27 meeting.
On March 26, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Independent Party v Padilla, 17-1200. This is the case over whether California had the authority to prevent any party from coming into existence if it is named “Independent Party.”
Michael Drucker has this blog post at The Independent View, describing five bills in the New York legislature that would implement ranked choice voting in New York city primaries. The bills are AB 8613, and these Senate bills: 3309, 4110, … Continue reading
