Washington Post columnist David Broder has a new column on Unity08 in the February 26 issue. It can be read here. As of February 15, Unity08 had 35,000 voters already signed up to participate in its on-line “presidential primary”. Thanks … Continue reading
On February 26, the U.S. Supreme Court accepted Washington State’s appeal of the “top-two” primary case. The voters of Washington state had passed that type of primary in November 2004. But in 2005 the U.S. District Court had ruled it … Continue reading
Louisiana held special elections in three state house seats on Saturday, February 24. In the 40th district in the central part of the state (St. Landry Parish), five Democrats and one independent, Bradford Jackson, ran. Jackson came in third with … Continue reading
Hawaii has a very unusual law for determining how a party remains on the ballot. If the party has been on for 3 elections in a row, then it is automatically qualified for the next 5 elections. But after the … Continue reading
On February 23, California Assemblymen Gene Mullin and Mark Leno introduced AB 1294. It would let any city or county choose to use Instant-Runoff voting for its own elections. Currently, only chartered cities and chartered counties may do so without … Continue reading
