On November 3, the Wisconsin legislature passed SB 116, which moves the non-presidential primary from September to August, and which also moves various deadlines for ballot access to earlier dates. The independent presidential petition is now due in early August … Continue reading
Nebraska and Maine are the only states in which each U.S. House district elects its own presidential elector. In November 2008, Barack Obama won one electoral vote from Nebraska, because he carried the 2nd district, centered on Omaha. Ever since, … Continue reading
On November 3, the Ohio House was called back into session to vote on HB 369, a new set of U.S. House district boundaries. Ohio Republican House members, who have a majority but less than two-thirds of the membership of … Continue reading
Americans Elect’s web page now says 1,938,465 signatures on ballot access petitions have been gathered nationwide. Last week’s total had been 1,903,444.
The November 3 Arizona Republic, the daily newspaper for Phoenix, has this editorial about the Republican majority in the Senate’s removal of the chair of the Redistricting Commission. The Commission has 5 members, and the Senate and the Governor removed … Continue reading
