South Carolina Senator Phil Leventis (D-Sumter) has introduced SB 546, to let each U.S. House district choose its own presidential elector. In the meantime, on February 23, a Nebraska legislative committee heard hours of testimony on LB 21, the bill … Continue reading
Bills in the Washington legislature to move the primary (for office other than President) from the 3rd Tuesday in August, to the 1st Tuesday in August, have made progress recently. SB 5171 passed the Senate Government Operations Committee on February … Continue reading
The Boston Globe has this interesting article about the difficulty for Republican presidential candidates to plan their campaigns for the nomination, due to the great uncertainty about 2012 presidential primary and caucus dates. Thanks to Josh Putnam’s Frontloading HQ for … Continue reading
Massachusetts Representative Harriett Stanley (D-West Newbury) has introduced two bills to restrict people who circulate initiative and referendum petitions. HB 207 says, “No person shall engage in the collection of signatures for an initiative or referendum petition for money or … Continue reading
On February 23, this rebuttal brief was filed in the 7th circuit in Stone v Board of Election Commissioners for the City of Chicago, no. 11-1085. This is the lawsuit that challenges the requirement that candidates running for citywide non-partisan … Continue reading
