On December 21, Veronica Degraffenreid, Pennsylvania’s Secretary of State, told legislative leaders that because redistricting is still not done, the 2022 primary will need to be moved. See this story. Pennsylvania wouldn’t have this problem if it provided that candidates … Continue reading
LabourList has this article which says that the Labour Party is now very supportive of ending “First Past the Post”, which is the common British term for the type of system that the United States, Great Britain, and Canada use…single-member … Continue reading
The Libertarian Party website now lists 93 party members who won elective office on November 2, 2021. As of December 14, the list only had 79 winners. It takes time for communication. Here is the list. … Continue reading
The Alaska Supreme Court will hear Kohlhaas v State on Tuesday, January 18. This is the challenge to the initiative passed in 2020 that eliminates party nominees yet which allows party labels on ballots. The only political party in the … Continue reading
Law professor Jerry H. Goldfeder, the acknowledged expert on New York election law, has published this article about New York’s continuing habit of disqualifying candidate petitions for trivial reasons. This has been a problem in New York state for almost … Continue reading
