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On April 19, the Montana legislature passed SB 408, which provides that the November 2014 ballot will ask voters if they wish to pass a top-two primary system. The vote was 29-20. Because this is just a measure to put … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: April 2013
On April 18, the Tennessee Senate unanimously passed SR 37, which sets up a Senate commission to study ballot access for minor parties. Read it here. Because this is just a Senate study, the resolution is now passed; there is … Continue reading
On April 19, election officials in San Mateo County, California, discovered 65 ballots from November 2012 that had been cast, but never counted. See this story. Thanks to AroundtheCapitol for the link. … Continue reading
On April 18, Alabama SB 405 passed the Senate Constitution, Campaign Finance, Ethics & Elections Committee by a vote of 4-2. It would provide that voter registration forms ask voters to choose a party. This would make it possible for … Continue reading
The Clarion Ledger of Jackson, Mississippi, has this story about the National Popular Vote Plan movement. One of the most interesting details in this story is an account of what happened in Mississippi in 1944. According to the story, the … Continue reading