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On February 19, the government of Virginia asked U.S. District Court Judge John Gibney to explain unclear points in his January 2026 order striking down Virginia’s law on felon voting. See here. … Continue reading
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On February 20, the Kentucky Senate passed SB 80. It restores voting rights for most felons after completion of their sentence. Certain felonies are excluded: treason, Bribery at an election, election fraud, violent felony offensses, felong sexual abuse, and criminal … Continue reading
A bill in the Washington state legislature to ban paying initiative petitioners on a per-signature basis is dead. SB 5973 did not advance through the Senate, and it is now too late for it to pass. … Continue reading
The Illinois Green Party will attempt to place its statewide slate on the 2026 ballot. See here for the list of the statewide slate. The party did not get on the statewide ballot in 2024. It is likely that the … Continue reading
The Harvard Political Review has this article by Noah Chung-Igelman. It gives the history of strong independent U.S. Senate campaigns in the last twelve years, and explains why none of them succeeded in electing a new independent member of the … Continue reading