On February 18, the Utah Senate passed SB 104, concerning local school board elections. The bill provides, among other things, that very large school districts must use partisan elections. The bill affects only four school districts in the state. See … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2015
According to this story, it is likely that the Florida legislature will pass a bill setting a mid-March presidential primary. In 2012, the Florida presidential primary was January 31. … Continue reading
New York Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh (D-Manhattan) has introduced AB 3389, to require better designed ballots. Here is information about the bill. It is not easy to read the bill summary or the bill itself and completely understand what it would … Continue reading
The Atlantic Monthly has this article by Noah Gordon, which explains proportional representation and suggests that the United States would benefit from trying it out. Thanks to Green Party Watch for the link. … Continue reading
On February 18, Pennsylvania State Senator Mike Folmer re-introduced his ballot access bill, SB 495. It cuts the number of signatures for independent candidates from 2% of the winning candidate’s vote in the last election to the smaller numbers that … Continue reading