The Democratic Party has fewer candidates on the November ballot this year for state legislature than any election since 2004. Nebraska is excluded from this calculation, because it has non-partisan elections for State Legislature. For California and Washington, the top-two … Continue reading
Brazil held an election on October 2. See the wikipedia article here. For president, eleven candidates were on the ballot. No one got a majority, so a runoff will be held October 30. For the Chamber of Deputies, which has … Continue reading
The Idaho Constitution Party has been continuously on the ballot starting in 1996, although in its first few years on the ballot, its name was the U.S. Taxpayers Party. In 2020 it has more nominees for federal and state office … Continue reading
On October 4, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in Merrill v Milligan, 21-1086. It lasted two hours. There will be many news stories about the oral argument. Here is the Reuters story, which isn’t very detailed. The issue is … Continue reading
This news story says Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson is pondering whether to appeal the decision of a U.S. District Court that struck down the Arkansas ballot access requirement for new and minor parties. … Continue reading
