Bills have been introduced in Connecticut and Hawaii to use Instant Runoff Voting for all partisan elections. They are in Connecticut and Hawaii. A similar bill in Virginia has already been defeated. The Connecticut bill is HB 6153, by Representative … Continue reading
Twenty-four individuals who were actually running for president in November 2016 received at least 1,000 recorded votes. This does not include individuals who were not running for president in November, such as Bernie Sanders, but who nevertheless received hundreds of … Continue reading
The Montana Green Party is circulating the petition for party status, which requires 5,000 signatures. The party hopes to complete the drive in time to participate in any special U.S. House election that may be called if Congressman Ryan Zinke … Continue reading
On January 24, the South Dakota House unanimously passed HB 1035, which makes it illegal to pay circulators on a per-signature basis, if they are circulating a petition to put a new or previously unqualified party on the ballot. The … Continue reading
On January 27, a 3-judge U.S. District Court ordered the Wisconsin legislature to redraw the state’s legislative district boundaries by November 1, 2017. This was no surprise, because the same court on November 21, 2016 had struck down the boundaries … Continue reading
