Cal Matters has this interesting story about write-in candidates in the June 2022 primary for partisan office, who placed second and therefore will be on the general election ballot. Of course these were all in districts in which only one … Continue reading
The New York Times has this story about the fact that no minor party gubernatorial petitions succeeded this year, as a result of the 2020 law that tripled the number of signatures for statewide office, and also increased the vote … Continue reading
The Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association is hosting a gubernatorial debate on July 29. Betsy Johnson, the independent candidate who was formerly a Democratic member of the legislature, will participate, along with the Democratic and Republican nominees. See this story. … Continue reading
On July 27, the SAM Party announced that it has merged into the Forward Party. The press release says the Renew America Movement (which, so far, has been a pressure group, not a political party) is joining as well. The … Continue reading
The Fourteenth Amendment, Section 2, says that if any state abridges the right to vote “in any way”, it should lose seats in the U.S. House in proportion to the number of voters whose voting rights have been injured. This … Continue reading
