On February 13, the North Carolina legislature passed HB 90, which says that the State Board of Elections should be composed of nine members: four Democrats, four Republicans, and one member who is neither. Governor Roy Cooper, a Democrat, still hasn’t acted on the bill. The daily newspaper for Raleigh, the News & Observer, has endorsed the bill. See this editorial.
According to this story, every North Carolina legislative race will have both a Republican and a Democrat running in 2018. By contrast, in 2016 Republicans didn’t run anyone in 36 seats and Democrats didn’t run anyone in 44 seats.
In 2014, Republicans skipped 36 races and Democrats skipped 46 seats.
In 2012, Republicans skipped 33 races and Democrats skipped 40 seats.
In 2010, Republicans skipped 13 seats and Democrats skipped 41 seats.
California is the only state that prints the occupation of candidates on ballots. The policy applies both to partisan and non-partisan elections. The law says a candidate’s occupational ballot listing is as of the day candidates filed. San Francisco is having a special Mayoral election on June 5, and filing has already closed.
On the day filing closed, London Breed was Mayor of San Francisco. However, afterwards, the Board of Supervisors replaced her with someone else. The city elections office is nevertheless listing London Breed as “Mayor/Supervisor” because that was her occupation on filing day. Another candidate for Mayor, Mark Leno, has sued the city elections office to force it to revise Breed’s ballot occupation listing. See this story.
Andrea Raila is seeking the Democratic nomination for Assessor of Cook County, Illinois. According to this story, her name will appear on the March 20 primary ballot, but votes for her won’t be counted.
This article says the Party of the Center is working hard on its petition to become a qualified party in Kansas.
