Assemblymember Chad Mayes is the only independent in the California legislature. He switched late last year and is running for re-election. Here is a Desert Sun newspaper story about his campaign for re-election. … Continue reading
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Fox & Hounds Daily, an on-line California politics news source, has this piece by Michael Feinstein on why ranked choice voting would improve U.S. presidential elections. Thanks to Irv Sutley for the link. … Continue reading
Nebraska Senators John McCollister and Adam Morfeld have introduced LB 1005. It would eliminate party nominations for congress and state executive office. Instead all candidates would run in the May primary, and then the top two candidates would run in … Continue reading
This New York Times story covers the efforts by some Republican activists in South Carolina to encourage Republicans to vote in the Democratic presidential primary. South Carolina has open primaries, so any voter can choose any party’s primary ballot. … Continue reading
Public Citizen has filed this amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in Carney v Adams, 19-309, the case over Delaware’s exclusion of independent and minor party registrants from serving on most judicial posts. The Public Citizen brief properly points … Continue reading