The newly-constituted North Carolina State Board of Elections has put recognition of the Green Party on its agenda for its March 27 meeting.
Richard Winger
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
The Arizona requirement for independent candidate petitions is 3% of the number of people who are registered to vote, but who are not registered as members of any qualified party. However, any registered voter may sign for an independent candidate. … Continue reading
California has 53 U.S. House districts. This year, in nine of them, no Republican filed to be on the June 5 primary ballot. In 2016, in November, there were nine U.S. House districts in California with no Republican on the … Continue reading