Bleeding Heartland has this very comprehensive article about Iowa ballot access laws. In 2019 and again in 2021, the legislature changed the laws to make them more severe. As a result, the number of candidates running this year, who are … Continue reading
Several Illinois news stories have recently pointed out the large share of state legislative elections with only one candidate running. The paucity of candidates is due to the restrictive Illinois ballot access laws, both in the general election and also, … Continue reading
The U.S. Supreme Court has now docketed Moore v Harper, 21-1271. This is the case filed by North Carolina officials over whether Article One of the U.S. Constitution bars state courts from being involved in disputes over U.S. House districts. … Continue reading
On March 21, U.S. District Court Judge David J. Novak, a Trump appointee, held a status conference in Goldman v Northam, e.d., 3:21cv-420. This is the case on whether Virginia must hold elections this year for lower house of the … Continue reading
Advocates of letting independent voters vote in partisan primaries constantly say that independents are moderates, and letting independents vote in partisan primaries helps elect moderates. Research overwhelmingly rebuts this assumption. Yet another example is the roll call vote of March … Continue reading
