California Assemblywoman Audra Strickland has tentatively agreed to introduce a bill to moderate the California minimum vote threshold for write-in candidates at partisan primaries. Slightly over half the states permit write-in votes in partisan primaries. Most of these states set … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: February 2007
The 4th circuit has agreed to expedite Miller v Brown. This is the Republican Party’s lawsuit against the Virginia open primary. Last year, the party won the case in U.S. District Court, as applied to offices in which the party … Continue reading
on February 8, the South Dakota House voted against a bill to move the state’s presidential primary from June to February. The bill, HB 1272, had received a tie vote of 35-35 on February 7. The next day it was … Continue reading
Rhode Island State Senator Leonidas Raptakis introduced S740 on February 15. It moves the presidential primary from March to February. Thanks to The Green Papers for this news. … Continue reading
The U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether to hear four particular election law cases at its February 16 conference. The results will not be released to the public until February 20. The 4 cases include three ballot access cases: (1) … Continue reading