On June 11, Puerto Rico votes on its future political status. During April, the Puerto Rico government added a third option, for maintaining the status quo, Commonwealth status. Originally the vote was only going to include the choice of statehood, … Continue reading
Richard Winger
On June 2, a trial court judge in Utah refused to enjoin the law that requires most candidates to file for office in-person. The plaintiff-candidate, Chia-Chi Teng, is currently in China. Utah law permits government employees and members of the … Continue reading
The Albuquerque Journal has this article (scroll down) mentioning that the Libertarian Party will have a primary in 2018. This will be the first time that the New Mexico Libertarian Party has ever before qualified for its own primary. If … Continue reading
Utah will hold a special election for U.S. House, 3rd district, on November 7, 2017. This Deseret News op-ed describes the struggle of the new United Utah Party to be able to place its nominee, Jim Bennett, on that ballot. … Continue reading
On May 31, leaders of seven British parties debated each other, except that the leader of the Conservative Party, Theresa May, didn’t appear and sent a spokesperson to take her place. The election is June 8. See this story. The … Continue reading