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On February 28, Arkansas State Senator Trent Garner did not present his SB 276, even though it was on the Committee agenda for the Senate State Agencies & Government Affairs. This is the fifth time it was on the agenda … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: February 2019
On December 17, 2018, the ballot-qualified American Party of South Carolina asked the State Election Commission to record that it had changed its name to the Alliance Party. The request was approved. South Carolina is one of the states that … Continue reading
Ohio Representative Jack Cera (D-Bellaire) has introduced HB 101. It moves the primary in presidential years, for all office, from March to May. Ohio primaries are in May, except in presidential election years, they are in March. If the bill … Continue reading
On February 26, the U.S. House Administration Committee passed H.R. 1, the federal election law bill that includes reforms favored by Democrats. One of the little-discussed provisions of the bill makes it much more difficult for presidential candidates to qualify … Continue reading
On February 27, the New Mexico Senate Rules Committee passes SB 418. Originally the bill said that major parties (the parties that nominate by primary) must allow independent voters to vote in their primaries, or else those parties must pay … Continue reading