Alabama elects all its State Supreme Court Justices, all its State Court of Criminal Appeals Judges, and all its State Court of Civil Appeals Judges, in partisan statewide elections. In 2016 the Alabama NAACP filed a lawsuit under the federal … Continue reading
On January 30, the Georgia House Rules Committee sent HB 757 back to the Governmental Affairs Committee for revision. This is the bill that changes special elections for U.S. Senate that are simultaneous with a regularly-scheduled election. Current law says … Continue reading
The Republican National Committee has filed this amicus curiae brief in Carney v Adams, 19-309. This is the case over the Delaware Constitution, which says in Article IV, section 3, “Three of the five Justices of the Supreme Court in … Continue reading
U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) has introduced S3225 to abolish public funding for presidential candidates. There are two kinds of public funding for presidential candidates, primary season matching funds, and general election funding. Minor party and independent candidates have become … Continue reading
On January 29, the Socialist Workers Party announced that its presidential candidate in 2020 is Alyson Kennedy, and the vice-presidential nominee is Malcolm Jarrett. Kennedy was also the party’s presidential nominee in 2016. Here is an article about the 2020 … Continue reading
