Fairvote has this thoughtful analysis of California’s top-two system, published on June 11. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.
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Nevada held primaries for the Democratic and Republican Parties on June 10. In the Democratic gubernatorial primary, eight candidates competed with “None of these candidates.” “None” got the most votes, 29.96%. When “none” gets the most votes, there are no consequences, so the nominee is Robert Goodman, who got 24.76%. Here are the results from the Secretary of State’s web page.
The Rhode Island Senate Judiciary Committee will hear HB 8072 on Thursday, June 12, at 5:15 p.m. This is the bill to repeal the straight-ticket device. The bill has already passed the House unanimously. Thanks to Ken Block for this news.
On May 31, the Libertarian Party moved its national office into an office that the party owns. The new headquarters is at 1444 Duke Street, Alexandria, Va 22314. It is believed that the Libertarian Party is the only nationally-organized political party, other than the Democratic and Republican Parties, to own its own headquarters building. The last minor parties that owned their own headquarters buildings, it is believed, were the Socialist Workers Party and the Communist Party, which once owned buildings in New York city.
The Libertarian Party also seems to be the only nationally organized political party that has set the location and date of its 2016 presidential convention. The Libertarian presidential convention will be in Orlando, Florida, May 26-30, 2016.
On June 10, the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board ruled that nothing in Wisconsin law invalidates a petition signature, just because the voter/signer lets the circulator add the address. The ruling puts Brett Hulsey, a Democratic gubernatorial candidate, on the primary ballot. See this story.