On June 1, New Mexico held a special election to fill the vacancy in U.S. House district one. Here is a link to the Secretary of State’s unofficial returns.
Democratic 60.26%; Republican 35.74%; independent 2.68%; Libertarian 1.32%.
Last time this seat was up, the results were: Democratic 58.19%; Republican 40.81%.
Ballot Access News
May 2021 – Volume 36, Number 12
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Table of Contents
Jonah Goldberg has just written a piece for his publication, The Dispatch, that says the U.S. would be better off if there were no publicly-administered primaries. He says, “I think it’s madness that we are the only advanced democracy where the parties can’t pick their own candidates.” Electionlawblog links to the entire piece, but I have chosen to link to Electionlawblog because it highlights the remarks about primaries. The Dispatch piece itself has a lot more to say about other subjects as well.
At approximately 11:30 p.m. on May 31, the Nevada legislature passed SB 292, the bill that makes it more difficult for new and previously unqualified parties to get on the ballot. The bill moves the petition deadline to late April, and imposes a severe distribution requirement.
The bill doesn’t take effect until January 1, 2022, so any party that is not now on the ballot might wish to complete the petition this year. The bill’s effective date for government officials to take certain administrative actions is immediate, but that doesn’t relate to completing the petition.
On May 31, the Illinois House amended SB 825 to change the date of the 2022 primaries from March 15 to June 28. Now the bill must return to the Senate, because that amendment was not in the bill in April when the Senate passed it. Thanks to Ken Bush for this news.
