On April 8, Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown filed this reply brief in his ballot access case in the U.S. Supreme Court, Meadors v Erie County Board of Elections, 24-684. The issue is the May petition deadline for independent candidates. Brown was kept off the ballot as an independent, last time he ran for re-election. He still won the general election on write-ins.
Some rather disturbing provisions are in this election bill (House File 954).
Not only is there a statewide ban on Ranked Choice Voting, there is a provision that allows election poll workers to challenge the citizenship of voters that will result in some voters having to cast provisional ballots. Also, the bill potentially allows private firms to become involved in maintenance of voter rolls.
Here is a story from Iowa Capital Dispatch.
The Nebraska Examiner is on the top of the evolving situation there.
The Land of Enchantment just got more enchanting, as Governor Lujan Grisham signed SB16, which allows Independent voters to vote in the party primary of their choosing. A release from New Mexico Open Elections says that it took ten years of lobbying to see this election law change through.
Thanks to RIck Lass for shipping this news our way.
This abstract claims that Alaska voters in 2022 had more candidate choices for the state legislature, and the elections’ result was more moderate winning candidates, which then translated into more moderate public policies in Alaska.
