Georgia elects Public Service Commissioners in statewide partisan elections, every two years. On July 14, 2020, a lawsuit was filed by African-American voters, alleging the statewide system violates the federal Voting Rights Act. No African-American has ever been elected to … Continue reading
The Alabama Republican Party disqualified four legislative candidates from running in its May 2022 primary, not three as previously reported. Elaine Beech was disqualified because she had previously served in the legislature as a Democrat, but her time in the … Continue reading
On February 23, the New Hampshire Election Law Committee voted 10-10 on HB 1264, the bill to allow ranked choice voting in primaries and for local non-partisan office. In New Hampshire, committee votes don’t determine whether bills advance. They still … Continue reading
California has eight statewide partisan offices up this year. The Green Party and the Peace & Freedom Party, together, have worked out a plan so that the two parties aren’t running a statewide candidate against each other in the June … Continue reading
On February 22, an Alabama voting rights group sued the Secretary of State over access to the list of registered voters. Greater Birmingham Ministries v Merrill, n.d., 2:22cv-228. The case is assigned to U.S. District Court Judge Abdul Kallon, an … Continue reading
