On June 22, California Republican Assemblymember Travis Allen announced that he will run for Governor in 2018. Another Republican, John Cox, had already announced for Governor. See this story. The Allen candidacy increases the odds that the June 2018 primary … Continue reading
South Dakota supporters of top-two systems will try to qualify an initiative in 2018 for their system. See this story. The story is erroneous when it says that Louisiana has a top-two system. Louisiana had a top-two system from 1975 … Continue reading
The Centrist Project, which has been organized for four years, will concentrate its efforts in 2018 on electing some independent candidates to the Colorado legislature. In the past the Centrist Project has only said it planned to elect independent candidates … Continue reading
Oregon SB 825, which had a hearing on June 21 in the Senate Rules Committee, provides that Oregon join the National Popular Vote Compact if the voters of Oregon agree with that idea. The vote would be in May 2018. … Continue reading
U.S. District Court Judge David Nuffer, an Obama appointee, will hold a hearing in United Utah Party v Cox, 2:17cv-655, on Monday, June 26, at 2:30 p.m. This is the case on whether the Utah state government may bar the … Continue reading
