On the evening of January 14, the Republican National Committee confirmed that the party’s next national convention will be July 18-21, 2016, in Cleveland, Ohio. The Democratic Party still hasn’t chosen its dates, nor has it chosen the city. As … Continue reading
Richard Winger
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, a Republican, wants the legislature to create a straight-ticket device for Kansas general election ballots. Kansas repealed the device in 1923. See this story. The story says that Wisconsin recently repealed the device, yet … Continue reading
According to this newspaper story, later this month, a jury trial will start in Houston, Texas, over whether the city government acted improperly when it kept a city initiative off the November 2014 ballot. Jury trials in election law lawsuits … Continue reading
The Secretary of State of Arizona publishes voter registration tally every three months. The January 1, 2015 tally will be ready sometime within the next two weeks, and will include the Green Party. The Secretary of State had determined on … Continue reading
William Cantley, a city councilman in Riverside, Alabama, has left the Republican Party and joined the Constitution Party. Riverside has a population of 2,000 and is in St. Clair County, in the northeast part of the state. Alabama does not … Continue reading