Illinois has the second-highest petition requirement for minor party and independent candidates for U.S. House, 5% of the last vote cast. Only Georgia is more severe. Nevertheless, four independent candidates are petitioning to get on the ballot in the 4th … Continue reading
Robin Epley, an opinion writer for the Sacramento Bee, here writes that the legislature ought to restore write-in space on the general election for congress and partisan state offices. She says that the Secretary of State agrees that there is … Continue reading
The Eighth Circuit will hear Dakotans for Health v Johnson, 25-2940, on Tuesday, June 9. This is the case over the February petition deadline for South Dakota initiatives. The lower court had struck it down on free speech grounds, reasoning … Continue reading
On May 8, Steven Maviglio filed paperwork with the California Secretary of State to begin an initiative petition to repeal top-two. It would restore the California Constitution the way it was during the years 2002 through 2010. Qualified parties would … Continue reading
On May 8, a 3-judge U.S. District Court refused to clear the way for Alabama to draw new U.S. House district boundaries. Allen v Milligan, n.d., 2:21cv-1530. Here is the six-page ruling, which says only the U.S. Supreme Court can … Continue reading
