Professor Justin Levitt has revived his blog, “All About Redistricting” (redistricting.lls.edu). This is good timing, because lawsuits over redistricting have not been so numerous since the 1960’s and early 1970’s. Thanks to Thomas Jones for the link.
Ballot Access News
January 1, 2018 – Volume 33, Number 8
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On January 26, the Venezuela Supreme Court ruled that two or more parties will no longer be allowed to jointly nominate the same candidate. The decision is seen as a blow to the opposition parties. See this story.
On January 23, the Washington state House Committee on State Government, Elections and Information Technology passed HB 1469. It moves the presidential primary from May to March. Now the bill goes to the House Rules Committee. Thanks to Jim Riley for this news.
New Mexico elects a statewide partisan office called Land Commissioner, in midterm years. The incumbent Republican Land Commissioner, Aubrey Dunn, has just announced that he has switched his registration from Republican to Libertarian. See this story. Thanks to Rick Lass for the link.
This is the first time any statewide elected official in a partisan office has ever been registered in the Libertarian Party.
