Here is a story, with valuable links within it, from USA Today.
Thanks to Thomas Jones for keeping Richard and me well informed.
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It’s gonna cause a stink with the Democratic National Committee and President Biden, but the New Hampshire Primary will be held on Tuesday, January 23, 2004, as per David Scanlon, the New Hampshire Secretary of State.
Thanks to Daryl W. Perry for clueing me in!
Montanans for Election Reform Action Fund (MERAF) wishes to circulate an initiative for voters’ signatures that would make a Blanket Primary with the Top Four candidates advancing to a Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) General Election the election method for several offices in that state. It is named BI-12 (BI stands for “Ballot Initiative”).
The Montana Attorney General, Austin Knudsen, has ruled that the various provisions in BI-12, including no political party affiliations listed with candidates on either the Primary or General Election ballot, constitute too many provisions to have the initiative comply with the Single Subject Rule governing initiatives in Montana.
MERAF has sued the Montana Attorney General in the Supreme Court of Montana. The Attorney General recently filed a defense of his decision with the Court.
He did so today in an interview with NBC’s Kristen Welker.
Thanks to Eric Garris for tipping me off.
Here is the story from coloradonewsline.com.