The California Secretary of State has a semi-official list of all candidates for partisan office in the June 5, 2018 primary. See it here. To see the list for any particular office, with the addresses of each candidate, use the “Candidate Information” “Notice to Candidates” area.
To see a list of all candidates, without having to check each office separately, use the “Party preference history” area. Thanks to Tony Roza for the link.
Elizabeth May, leader of Canada’s Green Party, was arrested on March 23 at a pipeline construction site. See this story. The incident is somewhat reminiscent of the 2016 arrest of Jill Stein at a similar protest.
This Albuquerque Journal has the latest on the New Mexico straight-ticket device controversy. There is no authorization in the New Mexico election code for a straight-ticket device. But the Democratic Secretary of State, Maggie Toulouse Oliver, insists she has the power to bring it back anyway. The article says she won’t do it without holding hearings first, and the article also quotes Republican Party officials as saying they will sue if the does authorize it. The article also quotes Rick Lass, who points out, correctly, that the device injures minor party and especially independent candidates.
On March 21, West Virginia Governor Jim Justice signed HB 4002. It abolishes multi-member House of Delegates districts, starting with the redistricting that will take place after the 2020 census. Under the current districts, there are 20 districts that elect multiple members, including one district that elects five.
On March 22, he signed HB 4434. It bans members of qualified parties from petitioning as independent candidates. It would not apply to presidential or vice-presidential candidates unless they lived in West Virginia.
Last week a Wisconsin state trial court ruled that Governor Scott Walker must schedule two special legislative elections soon. The two seats have been vacant since December 2017. On March 23, Republican leaders of the legislature said they will call the legislature back into session so as to revise the law concerning special elections, so as to avoid having such special elections. See this story.
