The Progressive Magazine has this story about the many instances when local initiatives are being kept off ballots because of their content. The old rule for initiatives all across the nation is that if there is a constitutional infirmity with … Continue reading
On April 23, some U.S. citizens who formerly lived in Illinois, and who moved to Guam, Puerto Rico, or the U.S. Virgin Islands, asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Segovia v U.S, 17-1463. Here is the cert petition. Illinois … Continue reading
On April 23, Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp appointed an 18-person committee to study what kind of vote-counting machines Georgia ought to obtain. He included one representative from the Democratic, Republican, and Libertarian Parties. See this story. It is … Continue reading
On April 23, the Colorado Supreme Court unanimously removed Congressman Doug Lamborn from the Republican primary ballot. He has been in Congress since the 2006 election and he intends to run for re-election. He was removed because two of his … Continue reading
On April 23, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear French v Jones, 17-1255. The issue was the Montana law that made it illegal for a judicial candidate to tell anyone that he or she had been endorsed by a … Continue reading
