On June 5, the U.S. Supreme Court summarily affirmed the lower court ruling in North Carolina v Covington, 16-649 The lower court had invalidated North Carolina’s legislative districts as an illegal racial gerrymander. In a different phase of that same … Continue reading
The Bangor Daily News has this account of the Friday, June 2 legislative hearing in Maine over ranked-choice voting. Thanks to IVN for the link. … Continue reading
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
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
