On April 15, Oakland, California, held a special election for Mayor, using ranked choice voting. Ten candidates appeared on the ballot. Here are the results.
One of the ten candidates, Eric Simpson, was the candidate of the Socialist Workers Party. He placed seventh.
On May 23, the Missouri legislature adjourned. The session did not pass the bill to bring back presidential primaries. HB 126 had passed the House on April 10 but never moved ahead in the State Senate.
Texas Senate Bill 1209 would move the runoff primary from the 4th Tuesday in May to the 2nd Tuesday in May. If it passes, it would automatically move the independent candidate petition deadline from June 25 to June 11. On May 22 it passed the House Elections Committee. It had already passed the Senate. Thanks to Jim Riley for this news.
Nevada Assembly Bill 534 will not pass. Among other things, it would have imposed a February deadline for declaration of candidacy on independent candidates. The bill is still in committee in the Assembly, and no hearing has been set for it, so it will miss legislature deadlines.
On May 23, the Colorado Secretary of State filed this brief in Colorado Republican Party v Griswold, 1:23cv-1948. The brief defends the state law, which requires parties that nominate by primary to let independent voters participate.
