According to this story, the scheduled hearing in the Arizona House Judiciary Committee on HB 2196 was postponed. HB 2196 is the bill to repeal the 2013 omnibus election law bill. That 2013 bill made many election law changes that … Continue reading
Interesting election law bills that have already been defeated in the Virginia legislature this year are: 1. SB 507, which forces all qualified parties to nominate by primary, lost in the Senate Privileges and Elections Committee on January 21. Current … Continue reading
Kentucky State Senator Reginald Thomas (D-Lexington) has introduced SB 79. It places new restrictions on candidates in special congressional and legislative elections. Kentucky is one of eight states that doesn’t let anyone run for partisan office if the candidate has … Continue reading
Law professor Eugene Volokh has this commentary about the January 23 decision of the Tenth Circuit, Riddle v Hickenlooper. That decision struck down Colorado’s law that lets contributors give twice as much money to a candidate nominated in a primary … Continue reading
The Republican National Committee decision to require all primaries to be in May or an earlier month does not apply to California, New Jersey, and New Mexico. Those states have June presidential primaries and all three states have Democratic majorities … Continue reading
