On April 29, the Rhode Island House Judiciary Committee passed HB 8072. It eliminates the straight ticket device, starting in 2016. It is set for a vote in the House on May 1. … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: April 2014
On April 29, U.S. District Court Judge Lynn Adelman, a Clinton appointee, found that Wisconsin’s 2011 law requiring voters at the polls to show certain types of government photo-ID violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, and also violates … Continue reading
On April 29, Survey USA released a Georgia poll, including a gubernatorial general election poll. The results: Republican incumbent Nathan Deal 41%, Democrat Jason Carter 37%, Libertarian Andrew Hunt 9%, undecided 13%. See here for more detail. If Hunt did … Continue reading
On April 28, New York city’s only Republican member of the U.S. House, Michael G. Grimm, was indicted for tax evasion. He is the only candidate on the Republican primary ballot this year for the Eleventh District, U.S. House. It … Continue reading
Mark Fisher, the Republican running for Governor of Massachusetts who was told by the Republican Party that he can’t even try to collect the 10,000 signatures needed, is proceeding with the petition drive anyway. See this story, which says he … Continue reading
The News-Gazette of Champaign-Urbana has this story about Illinois ballot access restrictions. … Continue reading