New York Special Election Results for Assembly

Posted on by May 26, 2022
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On May 24, New York held a special election for Assemblymember, 58th district, in Brooklyn. The results: Democratic 74.85%; independent 18.09%; Working Families 4.74%; Republican 1.64%; Conservative .67%. The Democratic and Working Families Party had the same nominee; the Republican and Conservative Parties had the same nominee.

When this seat was last up, in November 2020, there had only been one candidate, who received 95.19% of the vote on the Democratic line, and 4.81% on the Working Families line.

Arizona Legislature Passes Bill Allowing Independent Candidates to Use Electronic Signatures

Posted on by May 26, 2022
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On May 25, the Arizona House passed SB 1460 unanimously. It is an omnibus election law bill. It lets independent candidates use electronic signatures. Existing law only allows candidates running in a primary to use electronic signatures. The bill is now through the legislature.

Unfortunately, it also moves the deadline to file as a declared write-in candidate from September to July, which defeats the whole purpose of having write-in space available on ballots. Write-in candidates, when they have won, have usually been candidates who entered the race late in the season, due to something unexpected having happened.

U.S. District Court Declines to Require New York To Move Primaries for Statewide Office from June to August

Posted on by May 25, 2022
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On May 25, U.S. District Court Judge Paul A. Engelmayer declined to order the state of New York to move the primaries for statewide office, Assembly, and local office, from June 28 to August 23. There will thus be two primary dates in New York state this year, because the U.S. House and State Senate primaries will be in August.

The judge issued a one-sentence order. Probably later he will explain his reasoning.