The Kansas Green Party will begin collecting signatures on its party petition on April 22. The petition needs 21,102 signatures and must be finished by October 19, 2021. The Green Party has never been a qualified party in Kansas, although … Continue reading
Richard Winger
South Carolina HB 3262, which would require candidates from parties that nominate by convention to pay filing fees, seems unlikely to pass. It has not moved in a month, and the legislature adjourns in less than four weeks. It had … Continue reading
On April 15, the state of Ohio filed this brief in State of Ohio v Raimondo, 21-3294, in the Sixth Circuit. Ohio filed this case to force the Census Bureau to finish its report on the 2020 population earlier than … Continue reading
On April 9, the Hawaii House passed SB 560. It provides for ranked choice voting in special elections. The bill had already passed the Senate. However, it is still not through the legislature, because the version of the bill in … Continue reading
Jim Jones, a Republican former Attorney General (1982-1990) and former member of the Idaho Supreme Court, has this op-ed in the Idaho State Journal. He criticizes the state legislature for passing SB 1110 recently. It makes it virtually impossible for … Continue reading