Currently, Arizona provides for public funding of campaigns, whereas for most offices, New Mexico does not. In the New Mexico legislature, Senator Eric Griego has introduced SB 105, to establish public funding for all partisan state offices. The bill does … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: January 2012
On January 27, the Virginia House Privileges and Elections Committee amended HB 1133 and passed it by a vote of 15-7. The original bill said parties could set their own ballot access rules for presidential primaries. The amended bill eliminates … Continue reading
On January 26, the Utah House passed HB 50, which ends the listing of political parties on the state income tax form. The purpose of listing the parties on the state income tax form is to enable taxpayers to choose … Continue reading
Filing for the West Virginia presidential primaries is about to close. So far, the only two candidates who have qualified for the West Virginia Democratic presidential primary are President Obama and Keith Russell Judd. Judd is currently incarcerated in Texas … Continue reading
Besides the Missouri election law bill mentioned in the preceding post, several other interesting election law bills are pending in the Missouri legislature. HB 1183, by Representative Mark Parkinson, a Republican, would cancel the Missouri presidential primary now set for … Continue reading
On January 10, four Missouri state representatives introduced HB 1236, which deletes the accidental error in the 1993 ballot access reform bill that requires party petitions to include the names of presidential elector candidates. In general, the Missouri petition to … Continue reading