Law Professor Mark R. Brown has authored an article that criticizes the Pennsylvania state courts for charging candidates huge fees for the costs of removing them from the ballot. The article can be seen here. … Continue reading
Richard Winger
California Assemblywoman Audra Strickland has tentatively agreed to introduce a bill to moderate the California minimum vote threshold for write-in candidates at partisan primaries. Slightly over half the states permit write-in votes in partisan primaries. Most of these states set … Continue reading
The 4th circuit has agreed to expedite Miller v Brown. This is the Republican Party’s lawsuit against the Virginia open primary. Last year, the party won the case in U.S. District Court, as applied to offices in which the party … Continue reading
on February 8, the South Dakota House voted against a bill to move the state’s presidential primary from June to February. The bill, HB 1272, had received a tie vote of 35-35 on February 7. The next day it was … Continue reading
Rhode Island State Senator Leonidas Raptakis introduced S740 on February 15. It moves the presidential primary from March to February. Thanks to The Green Papers for this news. … Continue reading