On February 24, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Upstate Jobs Party v Kosinski, 24-503, a lawsuit challenging the New York law that lets individuals give more campaign contributions to nominees of qualified parties than to independent candidates and … Continue reading
Richard Winger
Indpana State Senator Mike Gaskill (R-Pendleton), author of Senate Bill 201, has abandoned his bill even though it had passed the Senate Elections Committee on February 3. His bill would have converted Indiana from an open primary state to a … Continue reading
The February 23 issue of the New York Times has this story on the lack of competition in U.S. House elections and especially U.S. state legislative elections. … Continue reading
On February 18, the New Hampshire House Election Law Committee defeated HB 172. It would have prohibited independent voters from voting in partisan primaries. … Continue reading
B.A.N. had already reported that Joseph Bishop-Henchman had obtained copies of Washington, D.C. presidential write-in ballots from November 2024, and had tabulated the results. The D.C. Board of Elections refused to tally these write-ins, even for declared write-in candidates. Now … Continue reading