On December 17, Maine Republican Congressman Bruce Poliquin and some voters who support him filed a notice of appeal to the First Circuit, in Baber v Dunlap. This is the case that argues the U.S. Constitution does not permit ranked choice voting in federal elections. In the First Circuit, it is case 18-2250. Thanks to Steve Kamp for this news.
Even though Nebraska has conducted presidential primaries for decades, in 2016 the Nebraska Democratic Party used its own caucus to choose delegates to its national convention, and ignored the results of its primary. But on December 8, the party’s state central committee voted to use its presidential primary in 2020 to choose delegates. Thanks to Frontloading HQ for this news.
It is customary for British political parties to release Christmas videos. The Green Party’s video here has received more attention that most such videos.
A bill has already been drafted for the Maryland 2019 legislature session, to let Montgomery County use either ranked choice voting or approval voting for its county officer elections. See this story. Thanks to Steve Goodale for the link.
The Daily Oklahoman, daily newspaper for Oklahoma City, has this op-ed in favor of ranked choice voting, written by Chris Powell, the Libertarian nominee for Governor last month.
