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NEW ELECTION RULES IN MAINE, TEXAS, AND UTAH BOOSTED MINOR PARTY 2020 VOTE In November 2020, different election rules in Maine, Texas, and Utah were in effect for the first time. As expected, in all three states, the new rules boosted the minor party vote. In Maine, the new rule was the use of ranked choice voting for president. In Texas and Utah, the new rules were the elimination of the straight-ticket device. Texas eliminated it in 2018 but the change was not effective until 2020. Utah eliminated it in 2020. Maine: the Green Party benefited from ranked choice voting for federal office. (Ma...

ALASKA VOTERS PASS RANKED CHOICE VOTING BUT SIMULTANEOUSLY INJURE BALLOT ACCESS On November 3, Alaska voters passed Measure Two with 50.55% of the vote. It converts elections for partisan office, including president, to ranked choice voting. Unfortunately it also vastly stiffens the definition of a "qualified party". And it restricts the November ballot for congress and partisan state office to only the top four vote-getters in the primary. Past election returns indicate that for elections for Governor and Congress, this will mean only Republicans and Democrats qualify for the November ballot...

We need change starting with how we run elections One of the things I’ve learned over the last 20 years is how much America needs change. Change should come in a variety of places and I’m incapable of making the all-inclusive list. One thing I don’t understand is how “originalists” of today’s Supreme Court and their tenaciously-argued concepts can push aside the Founding Fathers recognition that “amendments” would be a necessary component for the United States of America to successfully address future conditions they could not see from their 18th centur...