Florida has an election law that says, “A political advertisement of a candidate running for nonpartisan office may not state the candidate’s political party affiliation…A candidate for nonpartisan office is prohibited from campaigning based on party affiliation.” On April 15, … Continue reading
On April 14, the U.S. House Oversight and Reform Committee passed HR 51, which makes most of D.C. a state. The part of D.C. that would not be inside the new state consists of the White House, the Capitol, the … Continue reading
Geoffrey Skelley, an elections analyst for FiveThirtyEight, has this column about the findings of a 2016 political science book, Independent Politics. The authors of the book did many social science experiments, and determined that 75% of people who identify as … Continue reading
The Texas House Elections Committee hears HB 1812 today. The meeting started at 8 a.m. HB 1812 concerns filing fees for candidates who want a minor party convention nomination. The bill, as originally introduced, clarifies that everyone who even wants … Continue reading
On April 12, Pennsylvania filed this brief in Benezet Consulting LLC v Secretary Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 20-2976. This is a case filed in 2016 against the Pennsylvania ban on out-of-state circulators for primary election petitions. In 2020 the U.S. District … Continue reading
