On January 9, the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, unanimously ruled in favor of Democratic nominee Cecilia F. Tkaczyk, in the election contest over who won the election for State Senate, 46th district, a district near Albany. The … Continue reading
The Washington Secretary of State has submitted a proposed bill to the legislature, which makes many technical changes. Among them is a clearer definition of “major political party.” Existing law says a “major political party” is on the ballot automatically … Continue reading
On December 31, the Pennsylvania Libertarian statewide candidates asked the Commonwealth Court to award $35,500 in court costs. See this nine-page brief, which says that the attorneys for the challengers did nothing wrong, but that other agents of the challengers … Continue reading
On January 8, Oklahoma Representative Mike Brown (D-Tahlequah) introduced a bill to provide for recall of state and local office-holders. It is HB 1008. Oddly enough, it is just a statute, not a proposed constitutional amendment. Generally recall is something … Continue reading
On January 8, California held a special election to fill the vacant State Senate seat, 4th district. All precincts have reported, although not all provisional and absentee ballots have been counted. So far, the vote total is: Republican Jim Nielsen … Continue reading
