Nevada State Senator Ben Kieckhefer (R-Nevada) is sponsoring initiative S-03-2020, to create a top-two system for all partisan offices except president. See this news story, which says that the head of the League of Women Voters of Southern Nevada supports the initiative. Ironically, when top-two was on the ballot in Oregon (twice) and in Washington, the state League in those states opposed the idea. Thanks to Michael Drucker for the link.
This article discusses what is known about the registration of each member of the U.S. Supreme Court. The article would be improved if it noted that Virginia doesn’t have registration by party.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor is a registered independent.
On February 4, Minnesota held a special election to fill the vacancy in State House district 60A. The only two candidates on the ballot were the nominees of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, and the Legal Marijuana Now Party. The nominee of the Legal Marijuana Now Party, Marty Super, received 11.6% of the vote. Super was the party’s second nominee since the party became ballot-qualified in November 2018.
The district includes part of northeast Minneapolis.
According to this article, some leaders of the South Carolina Republican Party will launch a campaign to persuade supporters of President Donald Trump to choose a Democratic presidential primary ballot on February 29, and to vote for Bernie Sanders. This is a self-conscious attempt to injure the Democratic Party.
South Carolina primaries have always been open. There is no registration by party in South Carolina, so on primary day, any voter is free to choose any party’s ballot. However, there is no Republican presidential primary in South Carolina this year. Thanks to Political Wire for the link.
On February 3, the Michigan state government filed this brief in Daunt v Benson, 19-2377, the case over Michigan’s nonpartisan redistricting commission. The existence of the commission is being challenged by persons associated with the Michigan Republican Party. The oral argument will be March 17, Tuesday. Thanks to Thomas Jones for this news.
