On January 16, Wisconsin held a special election to fill the vacancy in the State Senate, 10th district, in the northwest part of the state. The State Elections office does not have any returns, but newspapers report these percentages: Democrat … Continue reading
On January 17, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court heard League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania v Commonwealth. Here is a Pittsburgh Post Gazette news story about the hearing. UPDATE: here is a Huffington Post story. … Continue reading
On January 17, the North Carolina Democratic Party filed this final brief in North Carolina Democratic Party v Berger, m.d., 1:17cv-1113. The issue is whether the state violated the U.S. Constitution when it abolished judicial primaries for 2018 only. North … Continue reading
The U.S. Supreme Court will consider Gary Johnson v Commission on Presidential Debates, 17-916, at its February 16, 2018 conference. This is the case in which Gary Johnson and Jill Stein argue that the Commission on Presidential Debates is in … Continue reading
Oklahoma Senator Lonnie Paxton (R-Tuttle) has introduced SB 1038. It says that if a candidate has family income below the federal poverty level, he or she may get on the ballot with a filing fee that is one-fourth of the … Continue reading
