The April 6 Washington Post has this editorial, deploring the low turnout in the April 2012 primary in Washington, D.C., and suggesting that the city consider using instant runoff voting. The editorial is not detailed, and one wonders if the … Continue reading
Alabama SB 15, which improves ballot access for minor parties and independent candidates, may receive a vote in the Alabama Senate on April 10. It was eligible for such a vote on April 3 and April 5, but it didn’t … Continue reading
New Mexico Representative Dianne Hamilton, a Republican member of the legislature since 1998 who wishes to run for re-election this year, is in danger of being omitted from the June 2012 primary ballot. Her petition to get on the primary … Continue reading
The Working Families Party may run New York Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries for U.S. House in the 10th district in Brooklyn, even if Jeffries doesn’t win the Democratic Party primary for that seat. The incumbent, Congressman Edolphus Towns, has been in … Continue reading
For over 80 years, Tucson has used partisan city elections. In 2009 the Arizona legislature passed a law, telling all cities that they must use non-partisan elections. On April 6, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled unanimously that if charter cities … Continue reading
