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This New York Times story says the Democrats in the Senate are not united behind their election law bill, HR 1. Technically, in the Senate, the bill is known as S1, but it is the same bill. … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2021
This newspaper story says many candidates in New York city primaries must defend their petitions against challenges, which is normal in New York. Some had optimistically believed that petition challenges would go out of favor during the health crisis, but … Continue reading
On April 1, the Nevada Senate Legislative Operations and Elections Committee heard testimony on SB 292, the bill to double the petition requirement for new parties and to add a severe distribution requirement. The sponsor is Senator Roberta Lange, a … Continue reading
On March 26, the Maine Joint Veterans & Legal Affairs Committee passed LD 202. It would amend the state constitution to allow ranked choice voting to be used for general elections for state office. Currently it is used for federal … Continue reading
On March 30, Massachusetts held a special election to fill the vacancy in the State House seat, Suffolk 19 district. The results: Democrat Jeffrey Turco 1,861; independent candidate Richard Fucillo 473; Republican Paul Garuccio 466. When this seat had been … Continue reading