On February 20, California Assemblymember Gregg Hart (D-Santa Barbara) introduced AB 2681, a one-sentence bill that changes the punctuation in the part of the Election Code that deals with write-in voting, but does not actually change anything. This type of … Continue reading
The California Democratic Party held its state convention in San Francisco on February 23-25. No gubernatorial candidate received enough support from delegates to gain the party’s endorsement, which takes 60%. Eric Swalwell received 24%; Betty Yee received 17.3%; Xavier Beccera … Continue reading
Filing has closed for Ohio primaries. See this news story, which mentions the statewide candidates of the three qualified parties (Republican, Democratic, and Libertarian). … Continue reading
On February 20, Rhodes Cook died at the age of 78. He was the author of America Votes for the volumes that appeared every two years, starting in 1996, all the way through 2020. He also had his own monthly … Continue reading
The Los Angeles Times has this story about the California gubernatorial race and the effect that the top-two system is having. … Continue reading
