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On March 25, the Alaska Senate passed SB 161 unanimously. It eases the definition of a qualified party from a group with registration of 3% of the last vote cast to exactly 5,000 registered members. Now it goes to the … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2022
On March 25, a state trial court in Maryland issued an opinion in Szeliga v Lamone, Anne Arundel Circuit Court, C-02-cv-21-1816. This is the case that argues that the U.S. House district boundaries constitute an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander. The 94-page … Continue reading
On March 25, each house of the Mississippi legislature chose three members for a conference committee for HC 39, the bill to restore the initiative process. The bill has passed in both houses, but the bill was amended in the … Continue reading
The Indiana legislature adjourned on March 9. The 2022 session only passed two election law bills. SB 134 prohibits local election officials from accepting donations from private sources to help administer elections. HB 1116 alters technical details concerning electronic poll … Continue reading
The California Assembly Elections Committee will hear AB 2808 on Wednesday, April 6, at 9 a.m. That is the bill to ban charter cities and charter counties from using ranked choice voting. … Continue reading