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Joe Mathews, who writes about California government and politics, here writes about how California’s top-two system injures independent candidates. … Continue reading
Richard Winger
On April 3, a Maine state trial court issued an opinion in Committee for Ranked-Choice Voting v Dunlap, Kennebec Co., cv-18-24. See this story, which has a copy of the opinion. The opinion says the state must use ranked-choice voting … Continue reading
On April 3, the voters of Wisconsin voted by a 61%-39% margin to continue electing a partisan state office, Treasurer. The legislature had put a ballot measure on the ballot to abolish the office. Having the Treasurer’s election continue in … Continue reading
The Alabama legislature adjourned for the year on March 29. The bills to abolish special U.S. Senate elections (except special elections held in November of even-numbered years) failed to pass. HB 17 had passed the House on January 23, and … Continue reading
The Montana Democratic Party challenge to the Green Party petition will be heard in a state trial court on Tuesday, April 24. See this story. … Continue reading