The Kansas City Star has this op-ed by Larry R. Bradley about the initiative for a top-four system currently circulating in Missouri. Bradley supports ranked choice voting, but he criticizes the initiative, both because it eliminates the ability of parties … Continue reading
Daniel Caldwell of Fort Worth, Texas, is a candidate in the 2022 elections for Texas Board of Education, a partisan post. He is seeking the nomination of all four ballot-qualified parties: Republican, Democratic, Libertarian, and Green, according to this story. … Continue reading
On December 1, the Texas Libertarian Party filed a new lawsuit against the law that requires candidates seeking a convention nomination to pay a filing fee. Bilyeu v Scott, w.d., 1:21cv-1089. The party already has an earlier federal lawsuit pending … Continue reading
On December 9, the New York city council passed a bill to let non-citizen adult residents vote in elections for city office. Although fourteen other cities in the U.S. allow non-citizens to vote in at least some local elections, New … Continue reading
Next year, the voters of Clark County, Washington, will be asked if they wish to use ranked choice voting for elections for county office. The County Charter Review Committee put the measure on the 2022 ballot on December 7. Thanks … Continue reading
