According to this story, the Alabama Committee that handles election law bills will take up the bill to convert primaries from open to closed on April 7. … Continue reading
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On April 6, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled unanimously that Maine can’t use Ranked Choice Voting for general elections for state office unless the Constitution is changed. Opinion of the Justices, 2026 ME 32. Here is the Opinion. … Continue reading
On Sunday, April 5, the Independence Party of Illinois asked to intervene in the pending ballot access case that had been filed in 2024 by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. while he was an independent presidential candidate. Here is the filing. … Continue reading
According to this story, New Jersey state courts are still enforcing the state’s ban on out-of-state circulators. The story is about a petition challenge to a Democratic candidate for U.S. House, Sue Altman. She submitted approximately 1,000 signatures and she … Continue reading
Last month, two gubernatorial candidates filed petitions to be on the primary ballot of the Arizona Independent Party, Teri Hourihan and Hugh Lytle. On April 3, Hourihan filed a lawsuit in state court, alleging that Lytle doesn’t have enough valid … Continue reading