J. H. Snider, an expert on the New York state constitution, has this op-ed advocating that voters vote “Yes” on November 7, 2017, on whether to call a state constitutional convention. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.
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On October 14, Louisiana held a special election for State Treasurer. The ballot contained four Republicans, one Democrat, and one Libertarian. Here are the results. However, one must manipulate the box that has the election date. It defaults to November 18; it is necessary to convert that box to October 14.
On October 25, the California Attorney General released this summary of a proposed initiative to repeal the top-two system. The proponents are now free to print up petitions and circulate them. The summary says that if the initiative passed, there would be no significant increase in election administration costs.
On October 25, a trial court in Alberta ruled that the Canadian election law, requiring candidates for House of Commons to pay a fee of $1,000, is unconstitutional. See this story. The law also requires 100 signatures, and that part of the law was upheld.
Jennifer Rubin, who writes the “Right Turn” blog for the Washington Post, here speculates that both major parties may break up.