A Seattle initiative to use Approval Voting for elections for city office has enough valid signatures. If the City Council doesn’t pass the measure, the voters will be asked to decide whether to use that system. See this story. Thanks … Continue reading
The Green Party is not a ballot-qualified party in Wisconsin. This month, the party successfully placed Sharyl McFarland on the November ballot as a candidate for Secretary of State, and if she gets 1% of the vote, the party will … Continue reading
Recently, Republicans challenged the ballot access petitions of Libertarians running for congress in two states, with differing results. In Jersey, the challenge knocked Clayton Pajunas off the general election ballot. See this story. He was running for U.S. House, 7th … Continue reading
On May 25, the New York legislature passed S1851 and A1819, identical bills that prevent any qualified party from having the words “Independence” or “Independent” in their names. The bill does not prevent an independent candidate from having those words … Continue reading
On June 7, South Dakota voters only had one statewide ballot measure on their ballots. It was Amendment C, which would have changed the constitution to provide that future ballot measures that cost more than $10,000,000 in new spending could … Continue reading
