Australia held an election on Saturday, May 18. The House results are mostly known. See the wikipedia article here. Results for the Senate, which uses proportional representation, won’t be known for a while. See this article. It appears neither major … Continue reading
The Independent View, Michael Drucker’s blog, has this post with the details of how Democratic presidential candidates qualify for the first debate, which is coming up next month. Since the criteria depend on polls, it is interesting to compare the … Continue reading
Missouri House Bill 26 has been dropped from the House calendar, so it is considered dead. It had passed the House on second reading on March 27, but then it was never brought up for third (final) reading. It would … Continue reading
On May 16, the Texas Senate State Affairs Committee passed HB 2504. It imposes filing fees on candidates nominated by parties that nominate by convention. But it also makes it easier for a party to remain on the ballot. In … Continue reading
On May 16, two California election law bills passed the Assembly Appropriations Committee. They are AB 1451, which outlaws paying initiative circulators on a per-signature basis; and AB 681, which requires election officials to send three messages to independent voters … Continue reading
