On February 6, Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp’s Elections Advisory Commission issued its ideas for improving election laws. The Report is here. The Report suggests lowering the number of signatures for minor party and independent candidate petitions somewhat. Existing … Continue reading
On February 3, the Virginia House passed HB 1132, the bill to allow write-ins in primaries, if the party holding the primary wants write-ins. The vote was 50-49. Republican legislators were more supportive of the bill than Democratic legislators. Republicans … Continue reading
Thanks to the Texas Redistricting Blog, here is a funny editorial cartoon about the status of the Texas redistricting situation. The cartoon is by John Branch and ran in the San Antonio Express-News. … Continue reading
The February 1, 2012 Ballot Access News (paper edition) is finally in the postal mail to the subscribers. It was late because of problems finding a shop to print it. The normal printer was on vacation and his vacation got … Continue reading
Because most states purge their voter registration rolls between elections, the United States has fewer registered voters now than in October 2010. There are fewer Democrats now, fewer Republicans now, fewer independent voters now, and fewer voters in each nationally-organized … Continue reading
