On April 26, the Minnesota Senate passed SF 2381. It is the Secretary of State’s omnibus election law bill, and it contains two ballot access improvements: (1) it deletes the wording on independent candidate petitions saying the signer doesn’t expect … Continue reading
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This Washington Post story says that William Kristol met with Mitt Romney on May 5. Kristol is trying to recruit a Republican-leaning independent presidential candidate. … Continue reading
A Survey USA poll released May 2 for the California U.S. Senate race shows that two Democrats are likely to place first and second on June 7. The two Democrats included in the survey are Kamala Harris 29% and Loretta … Continue reading
Last year the North Carolina legislature passed a law changing candidate-versus-candidate elections for State Supreme Court to retention elections. A retention election is one in which a justice whose term is up appears on the ballot with a “yes” or … Continue reading
The big television networks have traditionally paid for exit polls. On May 6, they canceled exit polls for the Kentucky Democratic presidential primary, and for both major party primaries in California and New Jersey. … Continue reading