Santa Clarita, California, will use Cumulative Voting for city council elections starting in 2016. See this story. The city currently elects city council members at-large, but the city had been sued under the California Voting Rights Act because the current … Continue reading
On March 10, a subcommittee of the South Carolina House Judiciary Committee passed HB 4732, which says that state government will pay for the presidential primaries of any party that polled at least 5% for president in the last election. … Continue reading
The unofficial totals for the special election in Florida’s U.S. House election are: David Jolly, Republican, 48.5%; Alex Sink, Democrat, 46.7%, Lucas Overby, Libertarian, 4.8%. See this story. … Continue reading
U.S. District Court Judge Michael Watson will hold a hearing in Libertarian Party of Ohio v Husted, 2:13cv-953, on Thursday, March 13, at 2 p.m. This is the federal case over whether the Libertarian candidates for statewide office should be … Continue reading
On March 11, the U.S. Senate passed HR 2019 unanimously. It had passed the House on December 11, 2013, by 295-103. It ends public funding for major party presidential conventions, a program that has existed since 1976. See this story. … Continue reading
