On February 12, the Wyoming House defeated HB 160 by 17-43. It would have revised the law on the order of candidates on general election ballots. Currently the nominees of the party that won the last U.S. House election are automatically on the top line of the general election ballot. The bill would have changed that, so that any candidate would have an equal opportunity to appear first on the ballot. The bill’s sponsor is Representative Marshall Burt, the state’s only Libertarian legislator.
Here is a link to the legislature’s website that shows how each state house member voted. Click on “votes.” Then click on “H 3rd Reading Failed”.
Half A-Z
Half Z-A
Rotate start/end letters.
Much too difficult for hacks.
I wasn’t aware that the libertarians had one many state legislative races.
Should be “won”. Dang that auto spell corrector
Just the one in Wyoming currently and one in Maine who switched after being elected GOP. They’ve had a few here and there before but very few.
Libertarians were elected to the Alaska state legislature in 1978, 1980, and 1984. Libertarians were elected to the Vermont legislature in 1998. Libertarians were elected to the New Hampshire legislature in 1992, 1994, and 2000. Sitting Republican legislators switched to the Libertarian Party in the middle of their terms in Nebraska and Nevada but they did not then win re-election as Libertarians. As Stephen says, there is someone like that in Maine now.
I am sorry to see that it did not pass. I was heartened to see it forwarded from the committee. It would have improved the ballot fairness and eliminated provisions that were not practical.