On February 4, at the beginning of the Oklahoma House Elections & Ethics Committee hearing, the chair of the committee announced that Speaker Jeffrey Hickman is unable to appear at the hearing today, so Hickman’s ballot access bill, HB 2181, … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2015
This article about spending in California’s 2014 statewide elections has lots of interesting information, but one especially interesting point is that John Chiang, a Democrat, spent only $24,293 on his election campaign. In November he won with 58.8% of the … Continue reading
Bills have been introduced in both Massachusetts and Vermont to provide that overseas absentee presidential primary ballots should allow a limited form of ranked-choice voting. Both states in 2016 will have March 1 presidential primaries, and in both states, the … Continue reading
On March 4, the Oklahoma House Elections & Ethics Committee will hear HB 2181, which lowers the number of signatures for a newly-qualifying party from 5% of the last vote cast, to 1%. Thanks to E. Zachary Knight for this … Continue reading
On February 3, the West Virginia Senate passed SB 249 by a vote of 25-8. The bill abolishes the straight-ticket device. All the Republicans who voted, voted in favor of the bill. About half the Democrats voted for the bill … Continue reading