On July 20, a Canadian Appeals Court upheld a Canadian election law that bars Canadian citizens from voting if they have lived permanently outside Canada for more than five years. The lower court had struck the law down. The case … Continue reading
Ann Arbor, Michigan has partisan elections for city office. On the evening of July 20, the city council voted down a proposal to let the voters decide if non-partisan elections should replace them. Supporters of non-partisan elections may do a … Continue reading
On July 21, the North Carolina Senate passed HB 373. This is the bill that moves the 2016 North Carolina presidential primary from February to March 15. The bill has no impact on the primary for other office, which would … Continue reading
A recent Los Angeles School Board runoff election in one district had an usual feature: a private group had said every voter who voted in that particular race would have his or her name entered into a lottery, and the … Continue reading
On July 15, Congressman John Delaney (D-Maryland) spoke about his HB 2655, which mandates top-two primaries for congressional elections, and also directs that Congress study redistricting for U.S. House districts. Delaney spoke on the telephone to a conference call audience … Continue reading
