On November 6, the voters of Miami passed a county ballot measure, County Referendum 5, making it illegal for anyone to pay circulators on a per-signature basis for future county ballot measures. The League of Women Voters of Miami helped promote this. It passed with 64%, but it likely unconstitutional. It does not even permit initiative sponsors to pay a bonus to high producers. Thanks to Guy for this news.

South Dakota’s definition of “political party” is in section 12-1-3(12). It says, “‘Political party’, beginning with the 2014 general election and each general election thereafter, a party whose candidate for any statewide office received at least 2.5% of the total votes cast for that statewide office in either of the two previous general election cycles.”

The Libertarian Party did not poll as much as 2.5% of the vote for either of its statewide nominees in 2018. However, in 2016, it polled 5.63% for its slate of presidential elector candidates. Therefore, it should be considered on the ballot for 2020, because the law allows a party two elections after it passes the vote test, which it did in 2016. UPDATE: an earlier version of the post said the Secretary of State hadn’t weighed in, but now the Secretary of State has e-mailed that she agrees and the Libertarian Party is on the 2020 ballot. Thanks to Lori Stacey for help with this.

According to this story, some Louisiana politicians favor returning to a system of partisan primaries.