On September 18, the Alaska Supreme Court verbally announced a decision after the hearing in Galvin v State. The Alaska ballots have already been printed without the partisan labels for the nominees of unqualified parties, and without the partisan affiliation … Continue reading
Richard Winger
On September 18, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died. No member of the current court was more favorable to minor party and independent candidates and voters than she was. She wrote Buckley v American Constitutional Law Foundation, which … Continue reading
According to this story, the Alaska Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the ballot labels case on Friday afternoon, September 18. That detail is at the very end of the story. … Continue reading
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, and U.S. House member Jamie Raskin, have this op-ed in the Boston Globe, advocating that Massachusetts voters pass the initiative to use ranked choice voting. Raskin is a Maryland Congressman. Maryland doesn’t have the statewide initiative … Continue reading
No one knows how many votes will be cast for president in any state in November 2020. But if one uses the November 2016 vote as a substitute, one can calculate that 72.8% of the voters will use a ballot … Continue reading