Maine supporters of ranked choice voting will submit their referendum petition to the Secretary of State on Friday, February 2. The town clerks have already determined that it has enough valid signatures to place the referendum on the June 2018 … Continue reading
On February 1, Nebraska State Senator Bob Krist filed a federal lawsuit against the 2016 Nebraska law that raised the number of signatures for a non-presidential independent candidate from 4,000 signatures (for statewide office) to 10% of the number of … Continue reading
South Dakota bill HB 1286 would lower the petition to create a new party from 2.5% of the last gubernatorial vote to 1% of the last gubernatorial vote. It has seven sponsors and seems to be endorsed by the Secretary … Continue reading
On January 30, the South Dakota passed HB 1012 unanimously. It says a party only needs to pass the vote test every four years. Current law requires it to pass the vote test every two years. … Continue reading
On January 31, a U.S. District Court Judge ordered North Carolina to restore judicial primaries for statewide judicial posts. She did not order similar relief for local judicial posts. … Continue reading
