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On February 5, the South Dakota House State Affairs Committee passed HB 1286 by a vote of 8-4. It lowers the number of signatures for a newly-qualifying party from 2.5% of the last gubernatorial vote, to 1% of the last … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2018
On February 6, the New York Assembly passed AB 8917. It says that in 2018 only, the primary for state and local partisan office will be September 13 instead of September 11. September 13 is a Thursday. New York has … Continue reading
On February 6, Russian election officials announced that eight candidates will appear on next month’s presidential election. They include incumbent Vladimir Putin, who is the only independent candidate running. The other seven are nominees of various political parties. In the … Continue reading
On February 5, the U.S. Supreme Court denied the application for a stay that had been requested last week by Pennsylvania state officials. As a result, the State Supreme Court order requiring quick redrawing of all U.S. House districts is … Continue reading
On February 5, the Indiana Senate defeated SB 328 by a vote of 17-31. It would have lowered the number of signatures for independent candidates and the nominees of unqualified parties. It would also have set up a procedure to … Continue reading