On January 26, the U.S. House of Representatives voted by a margin of 239 to 160 to suspend the presidential public funding program. The bill is HR 359. Although press reports say the bill repeals the program, technically the bill … Continue reading
Tennessee State Senator Stacey Campfield (R-Knoxville) has introduced SB 129, which has two purposes. It lowers the number of signatures to qualify a new or previously unqualified party, from 2.5% of the last gubernatorial vote, to 1% of the last … Continue reading
Maine Representative Ben Chipman (I-Portland) has introduced LD 142, to remove the requirement that a qualified party, or a group attempting to qualify as a political party, must hold a municipal caucus in at least one town in each county … Continue reading
On January 18, Alaska Representative Max Gruenberg (D-Anchorage) introduced HB 96. It eases the definition of “political party” to a group that has at least 2,500 registered members. Currently, the number of registered voters a group needs to be a … Continue reading
On January 25, the Delaware House passed HB 11, which makes it illegal for any party to nominate someone who is not a registered member of that party (although the bill exempts Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates). The motivation for the … Continue reading
