California has been using the top-two system starting in 2011. But 2018 is the first year in which both Governor and U.S. Senate are on the ballot. Both offices always attract many candidates into the primary. And because candidates from … Continue reading
David Leip has contacted Washington state county election officials to learn the total number of write-ins cast for President in that state in November 2016. The answer is an amazing 105,678 write-in votes. The failure of Washington state election officials … Continue reading
On April 3, Libertarian Party member Brandon Kneeld was elected to the city council of Davenport, Florida. The election was non-partisan. Davenport is in Polk County in central Florida. … Continue reading
On April 12, two judges of the Tenth Circuit stayed the U.S. District Court’s February 2018 order in Semple v Williams, 18-1123. The district court had enjoined a 2016 law that says initiatives must be signed by 2% of the … Continue reading
An incumbent magistrate judge in New Mexico is carrying on a court fight to be put on the Democratic primary ballot. The primary is June 5. A state district court had put her on the ballot, but on April 11, … Continue reading
