Because the new North Carolina petition requirement for new parties is so much better than in the past, the North Carolina Constitution Party hopes to petition for party status and to appear on the 2018 ballot. The party has never … Continue reading
On October 15, Austria held a Parliamentary election, using proportional representation. Five groups polled at least 4% of the vote and therefore gained representatives in Parliament. The results are: Austrian People’s 62 seats; Social Democratic 52 seats; Freedom 51 seats; … Continue reading
On November 7, 2017, New York voters will decide whether to call a state constitutional convention to consider ideas for revising the New York Constitution, which has been in effect since 1894. Every twenty years the voters of New York … Continue reading
On October 23, the Maine legislature passed LD 1646. It suspends ranked choice voting in both 2018 and 2020, and repeals it effective 2021 if the Maine State Constitution doesn’t get changed by then to permit ranked choice voting in … Continue reading
On October 22, the California Republican Party state convention voted to set up a procedure for the state party to endorse candidates in statewide primary elections, starting in 2018. See this story. Many of the supporters of a top-two system … Continue reading
