On January 19, the Virginia Senate Campaigns Subcommittee defeated SB 766 by 4-2. This is the bill that would lower the statewide non-presidential petitions from 10,000 to 5,000. The presidential petitions are currently at 5,000. All the Republicans voted “no” and all the Democrats voted “yes.” Thanks to Bill Redpath for this news.
Makes no sense, but not surprised at this. Just curious what the vote split was relative to any partisanship: Were Democrats or Republicans in favor of this or is it difficult to tell?
Yes, it was a party-line vote, all Republicans against and all Democrats for. I will amend the post to include that.