Many people in the Libertarian Party and the Ballot Access and Petitioning communities knew Milton, who also worked with Jim Turney in the production of videos of Libertarian Party and other events years ago.
Milton suffered a stroke at his home in Louisville, KY about two weeks ago and died this morning at a hospice there. He was 73.
The Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs has this op-ed about top-two systems. An initiative is currently circulating in Oklahoma for a top-two system.
Robert Robb has an op-ed in the Daily Independent of Sun City, Arizona, advocating that the Arizona Independent Party ought to be able to choose that name.
Missouri State Senator David Gregory (R-St. Louis) has introduced SB 1139, to restore the presidential primary. The bill would set the primary on the second Tuesday of March.
On December 9, opponents of the new Missouri U.S. House district boundaries submitted 305,000 signatures on a referendum petition. Under normal Missouri practice, that should be enough to stop the new law (with the new district boundaries) from taking effect until the voters vote on the measure. The requirement is approximately 110,000 signatures.
However, the Secretary of State says he doesn’t need to check the signatures until July 2026, which would mean that the referendum had been filed too late. See this story.
The Secretary of State also says he has the authority to declare that the referendum process can’t be used to influence U.S. House districts, because some people believe that the initiative and referendum can’t be used to write election laws for congressional elections.
