On January 17, Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Judge Bernard McGinley struck down that state’s photo voter-ID law. The case is Applewhite v Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 330 M.D. 2012. Here is the 50-page ruling (there are an Appendix attached at the end … Continue reading
Arizona legislators tend to be more interested in election law than legislators in most other states. The 2014 session contains these election law bills, all of which are somewhat innovative: 1. HCR 2011, a proposed state constitutional amendment, would let … Continue reading
On January 15, a Subcommittee of the Virginia House Elections & Privileges Committee passed HB 105 unanimously. Current law says that write-ins in general elections should not be counted unless it appears that a write-in candidate might have received 5% … Continue reading
Here is the text of Montana’s cert petition to the U.S. Supreme Court in Fox v Sanders County Republican Committee, 13-839. The issue is a state law that makes it illegal for political parties to endorse or oppose a candidate … Continue reading
Political Scientist Hans Noel has this commentary in the Washington Post, about U.S. political parties, ideology, and polarization. The thesis is that the U.S. has long been divided by ideology. If parties didn’t seem polarized in the past, that is … Continue reading
