Portland, Maine, already used ranked choice voting for Mayor. An initiative petition to use it for city council races appears to have fallen short by a few hundred signatures, although that determination is mired in controversy. See this story. … Continue reading
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On August 23, David Koch, who was the Libertarian Party’s vice-presidential nominee in 1980, died. See this New York Times story. He was 79, and died of prostate cancer, the same disease that killed David Bergland (the 1984 Libertarian nominee) … Continue reading
On August 22, the Libertarian, Green, Constitution, and America’s Party filed this brief in the Texas ballot access case, Miller v Doe, w.d., 1:19cv-700. The brief is in response to the state’s earlier brief, asking that this case be dismissed … Continue reading
This Daily Beast interview with former U.S. Senator and former Governor Lincoln Chafee says he would be open to being the Libertarian Party presidential nominee. … Continue reading
On August 19, the Maine legislature was called in for a one-day special session, to be held Monday, August 26. Proponents of ranked choice voting hope that on that day, LD 1083 will pass the State Senate. It has already … Continue reading