The Massachusetts legislature ended its session in the middle of the night (July 31-August 1), without passing either high-profile election law bill. H.4952 was the National Popular Vote Plan bill, and S.2807 would have instituted election-day voter registration.
The National Popular Vote Plan bill had passed both houses, but the accompanying vote to send the bill to the governor never took place. Election-day registration had passed the Senate on July 30, but didn’t get a vote in the House. Thanks to Jack Dean for this news. Here is more detail about the chaotic last few hours of the session.
One win, one loss.
It’s good news that the National Popular Vote failed. We need to delay this step down the road to tyranny.
Election day voter registration is a good reform, however. Let’s hope that one comes back.
What we really need to do is push for lower, less onerous petitioning requirements, later, more reasonable deadlines, and resonable party status retention rules. That is where we can all work to increase our liberty.
“We need to delay this step down the road to tyranny.”
Absolute bollocks. The electoral college system is not even timely for the last century, much less the current one. It should be abolished ASAP.