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Proponents of a top-two system have put an initiative on the South Dakota ballot for 2018. According to this story, the committee has received $205,000, most of it from New York. UPDATE: see this story. … Continue reading
Richard Winger
On January 22, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court struck down the state’s U.S. House districts as an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander, and ordered new districts in time for the 2018 election. The decision is only three pages and will be supplemented later. … Continue reading
The House Elections Law Committee in New Hampshire will hear HB 1540 on Tuesday, January 23. This is the bill to provide for ranked choice voting for federal and state office. The Concord Monitor has this op-ed in support of … Continue reading
Michael R. Strain, a Bloomberg View writer, here suggests that the U.S. would be better off with a multi-party system, combined with an end to a fixed term for the chief executive. … Continue reading
On January 22, the Indiana Senate Elections Committee passed SB 328 by 6-3. It lowers the number of signatures for an independent candidate, or the nominee of an unqualified party, from 2% of the last Secretary of State vote, to … Continue reading