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On August 9, the Texas Senate passed SB 13 by a vote of 28-1. The bill provides for a later 2022 primary. The bill does not itself settle when the primary will be, but sets up conditions, that are dependent … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2021
On July 30, U.S. District Court Judge Freda L. Wolfson, a Bush Jr. appointee, upheld a New Jersey law concerning ballot labels in partisan primary elections. Mazo v Way, 3:20cv-8174. Here is the 37-page opinion. New Jersey primary ballots, unlike … Continue reading
On August 10, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said he will resign soon. It is not clear if his resignation will encourage the New York legislature to repeal any part of his 2020 legislation to make ballot access far more … Continue reading
On August 9, eleven Democratic State Senators introduced a bill to repeal the Texas “primary screenout” law. That law prohibits voters from signing a petition for a new party or an independent candidate, if the voter had voted in a … Continue reading
Mayor Byron Brown, of Buffalo, New York, is actively raising money for his re-election, even though he lost the June 2021 Democratic primary. He is running in November as a write-in candidate. See this story. The winner of the Democratic … Continue reading