On April 30, supporters of an Illinois legislative term limits initiative delivered 591,092 signatures to the office of the State Board of Elections. See this story. Supporters collected almost twice as many signatures as the legal requirement. An earlier initiative … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2014
On April 29, the Hawaii legislature passed HB 2590. Starting in 2018, individuals who are not already registered to vote will be able to register to vote on election day at the precinct. For 2016, that will not be possible, … Continue reading
On April 30, the Louisiana Senate Committee on Senate & Governmental Affairs passed HB 193, which lets a party use the word “Independent” in its name. The bill has already passed the House.
This interesting story about the Communist Party appears in the BBC News Magazine. Although the story is fairly lengthy, it does not mention that the party long ago gave up running candidates for public office. Thanks to Thomas Jones for … Continue reading
New Mexico Representative Sandra Jeff will be a write-in candidate for re-election in November 2014. See this story. She failed to get on the Democratic primary ballot, because she didn’t have enough valid signatures. She can’t be a write-in in … Continue reading