On May 18, U.S. District Court Judge Robert Pitman, an Obama appointee, upheld Texas’ sore loser law as applied to presidential candidates. Kennedy v Pablos, w.d., 1:16cv-1047. The case had been filed in 2016 by Rocky De La Fuente, who … Continue reading
Minnesota has a law making it illegal for a voter at the polls to wear anything that has political associations. The Minnesota law is far harsher than the normal state laws that make it illegal to wear anything at the … Continue reading
The Maine joint Veterans & Legal Affairs Committee will hear two bills concerning ranked choice voting on Friday, June 2, at 9 a.m. LD 1624 would amend the Maine constitution to make it clear that ranked-choice voting is permitted. LD … Continue reading
On May 30, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear Ohio’s appeal in Husted v A. Philip Randolph Institute, 16-980. The issue is how to interpret the federal law that forbids states from removing voters from the rolls unless they … Continue reading
According to this story, at the very end, the British Columbia New Democratic Party and Green Party have agreed that the voters of British Columbia will vote in autumn 2018 on whether to use proportional representation. Because those two parties, … Continue reading
