On July 23, Political Scientists Boris Shor and Nolan McCarty released an updated study of polarization in state legislatures. They find that California still has the nation’s most polarized legislature, just as it did in 2011, before California has used … Continue reading
On July 30, the Tennessee Libertarian Party filed a federal lawsuit, seeking to require that its gubernatorial nominee, Daniel Lewis, be listed on the ballot as “Libertarian” instead of “independent.” Lewis v Goins, 3:14cv-1565, middle district.
Here is a link by which the order in Romo v Detzner, 2012-ca-412, can be read. This is the Florida state court’s ruling in the U.S. House redistricting lawsuit. The document says, “It is ordered as follows: the legislature shall … Continue reading
On the evening of August 1, Cherokee County (Georgia) officials announced that independent candidate Carolyn Cosby had enough valid signatures on her independent candidate petition to be on the ballot for Chair of the County Commission. See this story. County … Continue reading
On August 1, the Third Circuit heard oral arguments in Coffelt v Fawkes, and a few hours later issued an injunction, ordering the plaintiff candidates on the November ballot of the Virgin Islands. Coffelt v Fawkes, 14-3280. The candidates who … Continue reading
