Mexico holds a presidential election on July 1, with four candidates on the ballot. On June 12, for the third time, all the ballot-listed candidates debated each other. See this story.
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The Minnesota Secretary of State has determined that petitions for statewide office for the Green, Independence, Grassroots, and Legal Marijuana Now Parties have enough valid signatures. Last week a similar decision was made for a Minnesota Libertarian statewide petition. Thanks to Oliver Steinberg for this news. The Green Party now has statewide candidates on the November ballot, or is a qualified party, in 25 states and the District of Columbia.
Even though the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Ohio’s law on purging voters on June 11, the Ohio Secretary of State says he will not purge any voters for the remainder of 2018. See this story. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.
On June 12, the California Secretary of State determined that an initiative to divide California into three states has enough signatures, and will appear on the November 6 ballot.
On June 12, Maine voters were asked whether they want to keep ranked choice voting. With 79% of the vote counted so far, ranked choice voting is winning with 54%. Assuming that trend continues, Maine will use ranked choice voting in November 2018 for U.S. Senate and U.S. House.
Whether Maine uses ranked choice voting for state office in future general elections depends on whether a future session of the legislature passes a constitutional amendment to provide for that.