On April 13, U.S. District Court Judge Maxine Chesney mostly upheld the California top-two system. Here is the 26-page decision. The judge did find problems with (1) the state’s refusal to let members of unqualified parties have their party label … Continue reading
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Ohio State Senator Louis W. Blessing III (R-Cincinnati) has introduced SB 395. Here is the text. It would eliminate party nominees for Ohio congressional elections and elections for state office. Instead, individuals would file for the primary, and the top … Continue reading
This Ohio television story features the Libertarian Party and the campaigns of its candidates this year. … Continue reading
On April 8, the Republican candidate for Governor of New York, Bruce Blakeman, filed a lawsuit in state court to obtain public funding. The board that regulates public funding had denied Blakeman because he hadn’t identified his Lieutenant Governor running … Continue reading
On April 8, Butch Ware appealed to the California State Court of Appeals, in Ware v Weber, the ballot access case. The Secretary of State has kept him off the June 2, 2026 primary ballot as the Green candidate for … Continue reading