Norman Ornstein, a well-known political scientist, and Dennis Aftergut, a former federal prosecutor, have jointly written this attack on No Labels, which is published in The Bulwark. Ornstein is a Republican and Aftergut is a Democrat. … Continue reading
On March 17, the Minnesota House Election Finance & Policy Committee held an hour’s hearing on SF 2802, which doubles the vote test for qualified party status from 5% to 10%. The committee did not act on the bill, but … Continue reading
On March 10, a state court lawsuit was filed against the new Arkansas law that requires statewide initiatives to contain a high number of signatures from each of 50 counties. King v Thurston, Pulaski County Circuit Court, 60cv-23-1816. The lead … Continue reading
On March 16, the Arkansas Senate State Agencies & Governmental Affairs Committee passed SB 277, the bill to lower the number of signatures for a newly-qualifying party from 3% of the last gubernatorial vote (about 27,000 signatures) to exactly 10,000 … Continue reading
Georgia holds general election run-offs (except for president) if no one gets 50% of the vote. Two bills to change that have failed to advance, and it is now too late for them to pass. HB 419 would have provided … Continue reading
