On April 20, the Honolulu city council passed a resolution, urging the Hawaii legislature not to pass HB 638, the bill to use Instant Runoff Voting in special elections. It is ironic that the resolution was initiated by the member … Continue reading
The Tampa Tribune has this story about the April 18 amendment to the omnibus election law bill that makes it vastly more difficult for the presidential candidate of a new party to get on the Florida ballot. The bill, HB … Continue reading
According to this article, Wisconsin Democrats have finished collecting recall petition signatures in five State Senate districts so far this year. By contrast, Republicans have only finished one recall petition against a sitting Democratic State Senator. State Senators are the … Continue reading
On April 20, an Arizona State Court of Appeals reversed the lower court and ruled that if Tucson desires partisan elections for itself, it may have them. In 2009 the legislature had passed a law requiring all cities in the … Continue reading
On April 20, the Missouri House Rules Committee passed SB 282. The bill now moves to the House floor. Among many other unrelated changes, it permits an unqualified party to circulate a petition to qualify itself, without the need for … Continue reading
