On August 7, Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley, a Republican, and two-term Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) coasted to easy primary victories in the race for McCaskill’s current Missouri Senate seat.Source: Can an Independent Movement Happen?...
If your net worth is south of $25 million, feel free to skip today’s column.Source: Thoughts for Very Wealthy Political Donors...
The Motor Voter program went into effect in April with the simple goal of increasing the number of people who could register to vote. Since its launch in April, Secretary of State Alex Padilla has touted the increase in new voter registrations.Source: Motor Voter sparks unusual spike in ‘no party’ registrations at California DMV...
On August 31, the Colorado Republican Party filed this amicus curiae brief in the Tenth Circuit in Baca v Williams, 18-1173.Source: Colorado Republican Party Files Amicus in “Faithless Electors” Case...
SALT LAKE CITY — A citizens' initiative to maintain Utah's dual-track system for nominating candidates for political office won't be on the November election ballot.Source: Utah Supreme Court denies place on November ballot for Count My Vote initiative...
Good morning. A good deal of thought went into the top-two nonpartisan primary system that was approved by California voters in 2010. It passed with the support of some high-profile politicians (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and no shortage of academics.Source: California Today: An Indictment Reveals a Pitfall in the Top-Two Primary System...
The North Carolina Supreme Court candidate who is suing the state government and legislative leaders won a partial victory in court Monday. Chris Anglin is a registered Republican, and he is running against a Democrat and another Republican, who is the incumbent seeking re-election.Source: Judge hands NC legislators a temporary loss in lawsuit over political labels...
Election judge Adam Bellinger collects a primary election ballot from a motorist at the drive-up, drop-off site outside the Denver City/County Building early Tuesday, June 26, 2018, in Denver.Source: COVER STORY | What we learned about the ‘U’ Factor...
The Democratic National Committee is moving ahead with its controversial plan to rein in the role of “superdelegates” at the 2020 Democratic convention, despite a lobbying effort by Democratic lawmakers to scale back the proposal.Source: DNC plows ahead with plan to dilute superdelegates...
California's "jungle" primary system has Democrats worried that Republicans could win some of the Golden State's congressional seats in midterm elections, a top House Democrat said Friday. House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md.Source: Dems fear GOP wins in California because of state's primary system, Hoyer says: report...
