On May 30, the Texas legislature adjourned for the year. The controversial bill to make various voting procedures more difficult failed to pass, SB 7, only because House Democrats slipped out of the legislative chamber, so that no quorum was … Continue reading
On May 29, the Nevada Senate Finance Committee passed AB 126, which sets up a presidential primary. The bill had already passed the Assembly. … Continue reading
On May 28, the Nevada Assembly Legislative Operations and Elections Committee passed SB 292. It makes ballot access for new and previously unqualified parties more difficult. It moves the petition deadline to late April, and imposes a severe distribution requirement. … Continue reading
The Rhode Island Board of Elections has released the write-in tally for president from November 2020. The only three actual presidential candidates who received any write-ins were: Howie Hawkins (Green Party) 174; Kanye West (independent) 131; Brock Pierce (independent) 6. … Continue reading
On May 26, proponents of Maine initiatives filed this brief in the First Circuit in We the People PAC v Bellows, 21-1149. This is the case over Maine’s ban on out-of-state circulators for initiatives. The U.S. District Court had invalidated … Continue reading
