On October 18, Arkansas filed this brief in defense of its new ban on out-of-state initiative circulators. Liberty Initiative Fund v Thurston, e.d., 4:21cv-460. … Continue reading
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Dr. Ervin Yen, who was a Republican State Senator in Oklahoma 2014-2018, has changed his registration to “independent” and will run for Governor in 2022 as an independent candidate. See this story. He was the first, and so far the … Continue reading
A Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court judge has ruled that some voters are entitled to a trial over the reliability of vote-counting machines used in Philadelphia and Northampton Counties. See this story. The machines, known as ExpressVote XL, are manufactured by Elections … Continue reading
The Christian Science Monitor has this story about negotiations between various political parties to form a new German government. The title of the story is “As German Coalition Starts to Gel, a libertarian Party Plays Kingmaker.” The reference is to … Continue reading
The top-two system has existed in Washington state starting in 2008, and in California since 2011. In both states, we now have an abundance of evidence that top-two is destructive to minor parties and to voters who want to vote … Continue reading