Oklahoma HB 1058, which lowers the number of signatures for a new or previously unqualified party from 5% of the last vote cast, to exactly 5,000 signatures, has a hearing in the House Rules Committee on February 16. The Committee … Continue reading
Rob Richie has this article in the Huffington Post. Although the column at first seems to be a thoughtful commentary about bills in state legislatures requiring voters at the polls to show government photo-ID, the real point of the column … Continue reading
On February 14, the New York Senate passed S2339, which allows mechanical voting machines to be used for local elections during 2011. Some years ago, Congress outlawed these machines for federal elections. … Continue reading
California Republican state chair Ron Nehring has written a proposed party bylaw, that would provide for party meetings to endorse candidates for partisan office before the June primary. See this story, which has a link to the proposed rules. The … Continue reading
On February 15, the Virginia House passed SB 1246, which moves the presidential primary from February to March. Thanks to Josh Putnam of Frontloading HQ for this news. The bill now goes to the Governor. … Continue reading
