The Coalition for Free & Open Elections (COFOE) has endorsed California ACA 16, the bill to repeal the top-two system. The vote was 6-1.
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This is old news, but has not previously been mentioned by BAN. In 2018, the Kentucky legislature moved the petition deadline for non-presidential independent candidates, and the nominees of unqualified parties, from the second Tuesday in August, to the first Monday after the first Tuesday in June. The change, made by HB 381, passed unanimously in both houses. The Governor declined to sign it, but he didn’t veto it either, so it became law effective after the 2018 election.
The bill didn’t change the presidential petition, which continues to be in early September.
On Saturday, June 25, the Alaska Supreme Court agreed with a lower state court, that Tara Sweeney should not be on the special general election for U.S. House that will be held in August. See this story. The ballot will have three candidates, two Republicans and and one Democrat, and ranked choice voting will be used. Thanks to Mark Seidenberg for this news. The case is Guerin v State, S18457.
The only statewide races in Washington state this year are U.S. Senate and Secretary of State. All candidates run in the August 2 primary, and only the two top will appear on the November ballot. Filing has closed. Although there are many Democrats, Republicans, and independents who will be on the primary ballot for U.S. Senate, the only minor party with a candidate is the Socialist Workers Party, which is running Henry Clay Dennison. Here is a link to the Secretary of State’s candidate list.
In the U.S. House races, the only minor party candidates are an American Solidarity Party candidate in the 3rd district, and a Libertarian in the 8th district.
On June 24, Louisiana filed this reply brief in Ardoin v Robinson, 21A814, the case over the state’s U.S. House districts.